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Social Events between 1844-1877
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William Lloyd Garrison Launches "The Liberator"
William Lloyd Garrison, active abolitionist, publicates The Liberator to introduce a passionate backlash against the institution of slavery. This publication causes him to affect people's views worldwide. -
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia
Slave, Nat Turner, leads a slave rebellion in Southhampton Virginia. Turner, and his followers killed white men, women, and children, however the rebellion failed and Turner and his gang were executed. This marked the fear in southern America of a slave uprising. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
Founded by William Lloyd Garrison, the Society campaigns that Slavery is an illegal act under natural law. -
Sarah Grimke's "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women"
This is the first document that links slavery to the unequal treatment of women, and especially touched on the parallels of slavery and sexism. -
Henry Highland Garnet's "Address to the Slaves of the United States of America"
Garnet's Addressto the Slaves was to call for an open rebellion and have slavery abolished, however this scared the people of Americs and therefore Garnet's appeal failed. -
Frederick Douglass published the "North Star"
The North Star was the most influential black antislavery document that was published in the antebellum era. -
Women's Rights Convention at Sceneca Falls, New York
Is he first women's rights convention in the United States, and marks the beginning of the Women's Sufferage Movement. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Tubman became a very important abolitionist figure after she escaped slavery, by going back and continuing to set free as many as -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The act enforces that if any person were to aid an escaped slave they would be punished, and the slave returned to their master. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech
A symbol of classic feminism, and defeated arguments for antifeminism in society at that point in time. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
literature that influenced the American peoples in that of forcing them to empathize with slaves, and the effect that enslavement would have on families. -
Republican Party founded
A party created by Free Soliders, Whigs, and the northern Democrats out of hostility for slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Divided the land west of Missouri into Kansas and Nebraska. Popular sovereignty was determined meaning that the settlers of the new territories to decide if slavery would be legal there. -
Civil War in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas"
Ruffians looted a town, Lawrence, and in response, John Brown organized several days later, the murder, of five proslavery settlers. Four months of bloodshed and violence continued, -
Charles Sumner Beating
A member of the House of Representatives beat an antislavery activist senator into unconsciousness. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
The case decided that African slaves were not permitted to become American citizens, however it brought forth the attention to the institution of slavery. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A series of debates which eventually lead to Lincoln obtaining presidency. -
Lecompton Constitution rejected by Congress
This act guaranteed the protection of slavery in the region, however it was rejected by congress. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown and a group of other abolitionists raided Harper's Ferry in hopes of having some of the slave population join them to fight, however, when this did not happen, Brown was captured, and sentenced to death. -
Election of 1860
Rupublican Lincoln and Democrat Breckinridge run for president; Lincoln wins.
