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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin published -
Republican
Republican Party formed -
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Dred Scott
Dred Scott decision issued March 6 with majority opinion given by Chief Justice Roger Taney that slaves were not U.S. citizens and could not sue in Federal Court - See more at: http://www.kennesaw.edu/civilwarera/sesq_1859-60.shtml#sthash.lvgznXQY.dpuf -
Election
Election of Democrat James Buchanan over Republican John C. Fremont and Know-Nothing/American candidate Millard Fillmore. The electoral difference is 174-114-8 respectively, with 149 out of 296 necessary for a majority. The popular vote is 1,836,072 (Buchanan), 1,342,345 (Fremont) and 873,053 (Fillmore) - -
“Crime Against Kansas” speech
Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner gives his “Crime Against Kansas” speech -
The Marines
The Marines storm the enginehouse and subdue the raiders -
John Brown
John Brown and party reaches Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
President James
President James Buchanan orders Robert E. Lee and U.S. Marines to respond to the Harpers Ferry Raid - -
trial
John Brown’s trial -
executed
John Brown executed -
Democrats
Democrats meet in Charleston, S.C., but William Lowndes Yancey leads a walkout of 8 Southern delegations over a plank in the party platform to protect slavery -
