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First issue of the liberator
The first article ever published in the newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison. -
Compromise of 1850
It passed a Fugitive Slave Act meaning anybody who helped a fugitive (runaway slave) could be fined or imprisoned. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska act passed
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they would allow slavery. -
James Buchanan sworn into office.
James Buchanan becomes president. -
Dred Scott decision
The Supreme court ruled Dred Scott as property.