John Wilkes Booth

By nelliott123
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    John Wilkes Booth

  • Day of Birth

    Day of Birth
    Born in Maryland

  • Baptist Chruch splits over Slavery Issue

  • Texas is Admitted to the Union

    Texas is a Slave State

  • Free Soil Party is Formed

    This party is opposed to slavery in the western territories.

  • Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • Baptized at Prodestant Episcopal Chruch

  • First Stage Debuet

    His debuet was in Baltimore

  • Pro-Slavery Forces win election

  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • John Brown is Hanged

    John Brown is Hanged
    Booth attends the hanging

  • Booth Joins Militia

    The local militia is called The Richmond Grays

  • Shot in Thigh

    Shot accidentily by Matthew Canning in Columbus, Geogia.
    While they were practicing with a pistol.

  • Civil War Starts

    Civil War Starts

  • Billed as Youngest Star in World:Pride of American People

  • First Preformance with his Brothers

    First Preformance with his Brothers
    The play was called "Julius Ceaser."

  • Attemps to Kidnap Lincoln

  • Last Appearance in Acting Career

    Was at Ford's Theate.

  • Surrender of Confederate Army

    Surrender of Confederate Army
    Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomatox Courthouse to Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Assasanation of Lincoln

    Assasanation of Lincoln
    Ford's Theatre

  • Death

    Death

  • 13th Amendment Abolishes Slavery

    13th Amendment Abolishes Slavery