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William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison published a weekly newspaper, The Liberator, on Jan. 1st, 1831 with the motto: "Our country is the world-our countrymen are mankind." -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southhampton County, Virginia killing 55 to 65 people. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston (AASS)
The AASS was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Grimke defended the rights of women to speak in public in defense of a moral cause in her works, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Henry Garnett declared a violent uprising for slaves to end their oppression. -
Frederick Douglass published the North Star
Frederick Douglass published the North Star, a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper that eventually became the most influential black anti-slavery paper during that era. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
At the Wesleyan Chapel in Senaca Falls, NY, a womens rights convention, the first ever in the US, with almost 200 women in attendance. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
By escaping slavery, Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad -
Fugitve Slave Act passed
Works CitedCongress passed the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 legalizing the act of owners capturing their slaves in the North, eventually forcing abolitionists to make the choice of defying the law or supporting their beliefs. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Opened many Americans minds on the realization of slavery and how terrible it really was -
Republican Party Founded
Created against the Democrat party, the 2-party system we have today. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Passed
This act allowed settlers of new territories to decide if they wanted slaves or not; created tension between the north and south because of opposing views on the subject -
Civil War in Kansas; "Bleeding Kansas"
Battle between the opposing sides on the decision of slavery in Kansas. This was in important battle because now their are hostilities between the two sides arising. -
Charles Summer Beating
A member of the house of representatives that supported slavery, attacked an opposer of slavery. Created even more tension between the opposing sides -
Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision
Court ruling that slavery was now legal in the western territories creating even MORE tension between the sides. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Theses specific debates created more tension between the two parties resulting in a shift of power, putting the Republicans on top. -
Lecompton Constituiton Rejected by Congress
A constituition was created by Kansas supporting slavery, Congress rejected it, causing anger in the southern states. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Raid that attempted to give slaves weapon to break free, created more violent tension between sides. -
Election of 1860
Lincoln wins by electoral vote esulting in a power shift from Democrats to the Republicans; S.C. secedes from the Union shortly after. -
Sojourner's Truth "Ain't I A Woman" Speech
Truth's speech challenged women to become more than what was expected of them, especially African-American women.
