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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
He became the leader of the anti-slavery movement, as well as The Liberator , and he persuaded some people to become abolitionists. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
Nat was an African- American slave that lead a slave rebllion of slaves and free blacks, which resulted in 60 white deaths. -
American Anti-slavery founded in Boston
It was an abolitionist society founded by Garrison and Tappen that had former slaves speak at meetings. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the condition of women
She was one of the first women to speak agaisnt slavery and for the equality of women. -
Henry Highland Garnet's ¨Address to the slaves of the United States of America¨
He called for an open rebellion, however the speech failed by one vote. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
It was the mot influential anti-slavery paper published during the antebellum era, and it fought for the emancipation of women and other oppressed groups. -
Women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York
The Seneca Falls convention was the first women's rights convention that spanned over two days. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
After she escaped, she became the ¨Moses of her people¨ because she lead hundreds of slaves to freedom along the underground railroad. -
Fugitive Slave act passed
It was part of a compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soils. -
Sojourner Truth's ¨Ain't I a Woman?¨ speech
It was significant because it was preseneted to the women's convention in Ohio against slavery and women rights. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
It was an anti-slavery novel that helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War. -
Republican Party founded
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the U.S. -
Kansas-Nebraska act passed
It allowed people in Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery wihtin their borders, and it served to repeal the Missouri Compromise. -
Civil war in Kansas known as ¨Bleeding Kansas¨
It was a series of violent political confontations between anti-slavery and pro-slavery that created the Knasas-Nebraska act. -
Charles Summer beating
Brooks' act of beating Charles created a polarizing national reaction that is frequently cited as a major factor in the rising tensions leading up to the American Civil War and was applauded by many southerners. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
It was a landmark decision by the U.S. supreme court in which the court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore couldn't sue in the federal court. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
Kansas voters rejected the Lecompton proposal and in Washington, the Lecompton constitution was defeated by the federal House of Representatives. However, the debate over the proposed constitution had ripped apart the Democratic party and Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861. -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
They were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate. -
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
It was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to intiate an armed slave revolt . -
Election of 1860
It served as an immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
