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Missouri Compromise
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Liberia (American Colonization Society)
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Sojourner Truth escapes with her daughter.
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William Garrison proposes emancipation of slavery
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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The American Anti-Slavery Society is founded
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Frederick Douglass runs away to New York City
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The Liberty Party is formed
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Fugitive Slave Act
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as president