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The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas make the compromise which states that there will be no further expansion of slavery, and made the fugitive slave act telling northerners to capture and return slave to the soutch -
The Great Exhibition
The world's first fair opens in London -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe makes this book about slave life. -
Republic of SA established
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Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes a law
It opened thousands of new farms and made a Midwestern Transcontinental Railroad. It led to Bleeding Kansas. -
Japan and US sign agreement to open Japan to trade.
Matthew Perry led his four ships to Tokyo to establish trade in Japan. -
The Siege of Lawrence
Pro slavery groups attack antislavery stronghold of Lawrence Kansas. -
Indian Revolt of 1857
Uprising against British rule in India begins with Sepoy rebellion. -
The Raid of Harper's Ferry.
John Brown Seizes the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Emancipation Manifesto
Russian serfs are emancipated from Russian Empire.
