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Harriet Tubman escapes to Philadelphia
Harriet Tubman left her husband and escaped to Philadelphia, to immediately go to Maryland to return to her family -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was an act passed by the congress in 1850 for slaves to be returned to their owners even in slave-free states -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
the novel was made to help the abolitionists in the north get strengthened -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act passed by the congress that let Kansas and Nebraska decide for themselves to have slavery within their borders or not -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an enslaved person that sued for his freedom and unsuccessfully failed -
Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas was seven debates that had Douglas believed in popular sovereignty, that the people of each territory or state had the right to choose if they were a slave state or free slave state, and Lincoln said the national government should ban slavery from expanding into new territories -
John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry
John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry was by john brown to start an armed slave revolt in southern states by taking over united states arsenal from October 16th to 18th in 1859 -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln had been elected for president since he was an abolitionist for slavery and was assassinated in 1865 -
South Carolina Secedes
south Carolina became the first slave state in the south that declared it had seceded from the United States -
The Confederacy is formed
The Confederacy is formed was made and fought in the war to mainly protect a southern society, which slavery was an integral part
