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The Civil War Timeline
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Gabriel's Rebellion
This was a protest led by Gabriel Prosser in Richmond Virginia. The other slaves being led in postponed because of rain, two told their masters of the plan. Gabriel and 23 others were hung soon after. -
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
This was a federal law prohibiting new slaves from being imported into the United States. But didn't take effect until 1808. -
Tariff of 1828
It was designed by Congress to protect industry in the Northern United States. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, Led by Nat Turner, rebellious slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people. -
Abolitionism
This was a movement to end slavery whether it was formal or informal. -
La Amistad
In 1839, 53 illegal slaves on the ship, seized control of it killing two crewmen, demanding that the rest of the crew head for Africa. But instead they headed northeast, and approached a American brig causing the slaves to be imprisoned. -
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society split from the American Anti-Slavery Society for many reasons. Including the influence of anarchism, feminism, and hostility to a religion. -
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
This case that the court held the the Fugitive Slave Act prohibitied Pennsylvania from inforcing their state law of prohibiting blacks from being taken out of the state to be a slave. -
Texas Annexation
This was a bill signed by President Polk declaring Texas as the 28th State. -
Mexican-American War
This was a event that was caused by Mexico claiming the Nueces River as it's northeastern border. The U.S also claimed the Rio Grande, which lead to both countries meeting and Mexico opening fire. The Mexicans were defeated. -
The Underground Railroad
This was a series of routes and safehouses made for slaves planning to escape to freedom in Canada. -
Nashville Convention
Delegates from nine slaves states gathered together and decided to have slavery banned in the new territories. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This act was passed by congress meaning that all escaped slaves were required to be returned to their owner. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was a anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
The Missouri Compromise
It regulated slavery in the country's western territories. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The purpose of this was to be able to make new farms and also open up a new transcontinental railroad. -
Bleeding Kansas
It was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery. -
Bleeding Sumner
During the bleeding kansas crisis, Sumner denouced the Kansas-Nebraska act, and soon after Brooks started brutally beating Sumner with a cane. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This case told that the court held that African Americans whether they were free or slaves could not be citizens of the United States. -
Abraham Lincoln Death
Abraham Lincoln died at the age of 56 in the Peterson House of Washington DC. He was killed due to a gunshot wound in the back of his cranium caused by John Wilkes Booth.
