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Launchng of the Liborator
William Lloyd Garrison published the first addition of the Liberator; it was one of the most influential papers in the argument against slavery. -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner lead a slave revolt was one of the most sucessful slave revolts. -
American Anti-Slavery founded in Boston
It was an anti-slavery society founded with a plan to reach mass audiences through lecturing, petition drives, and a wide variety of printed materials. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters
The letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman were inluential and defended the right of women to speak in public in defense of a moral cause. -
Henry Highland Garnet
In his speach "Address to the Slaves of the Unites States of America" he calls the listeners to open rebellion; the speech failed by one vote of being endorsed by the convention. -
Frederic Douglas published Noth Star
The North Star would soon become one of the most influential African American antislavery publications of the pre-Civil War era. -
Woman's Rights Convention
The woman’s rights convention was significant becuase it was the first ever held in the United States, and had almost 200 women in attendance. -
Harriet Tubman Escapes from Slavery
This is an important event because she later became a significant "conductor" on the Ungerground Railroad. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act allowed southerners to come and recapture slaves from the north which upset meny people in the north. -
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" speach
Sojourner Truth delivered her speach at a woman's rights convention and made a huge impact on the audence; it was also mentioned in an issue of the New-York Daily Tribune. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, had a great impact on people because it showed what the lives of slaves were like to many people who had ever seen slavery firsthand. -
Republican Party was founded
This is significant because this party helped Lincoln gain the presidency, and is still operating today. -
Bleeding Kanas
In Kanas they used the principle of popular sovereignty wich decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state; this meant that people both for and agianst slavery flooded the state to try and ilfluence the vote. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was significant because it underminded the Missuri Compromise by letting the territories choose whether or not they wanted to have slavery. -
Charles Sumner beating
This event was the first time in American history that there was a fight between two officials when Preston Brooks, who was in the House of Representatives, beat Charels Sumner, a member of the Senate, unconsciousness over the issue of slavery. BOth men became heros for their regions. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Supreme Court's ruling not only nullified the Missouri Compromise, but also the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Lecompton Constitution Rejected by Congress
The lecompton Constitution contained clauses protecting slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks, and it was rejected by congress and later rejed by Kansas. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These debates allowed Lincoln to get out amoung the people and become more well known because of Douglas's stature, and it was also part of a larger campaign, that were designed to achieve certain immediate political objectives. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
This event is important because an aboiltionist was trying to start a slave rebellion, and this shows that white people were willing to try drastic things to help the slaves. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was a tight race between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. These debates gave voice to the issues and the concerns that divided the nation.
