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Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in VA
After the revolt was subdued, a great fear spread across the slave states that other slaves would follow suit, leading to southern states passing laws to restrict even further the rights of slaves and Free Blacks. -
William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
Formed an Abolitionist newspaper that reached out to many about the issue of slavery, showing the horrors of it to people, especially in the north, who were not exposed to the practice. -
American Anti-Slavey Society founded in Boston
This Anti Slavery Society was very unpopular with the public, but condemned slavery and slave owners, eventally also leading to the creation of the Liberty Party. -
Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women
Her published letters, although radical and only reaching a minority for the time, helped establish the Feminist movement by writing the first public argument for woman's rights. -
Henry Highland Garnet's ¨Address to the Slaves of the United States of America¨
This speech called for the rebellion and uprising of slaves across the South, and came one vote away from being endorsed by the Buffalo Convention. -
Fredrick Douglass publishes the North Star
Douglass' paper raised further support of the abolitionist cause, showing his freedom and independence to be able to write anti-slavery papers as a free black. -
Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, NY
Most importantly, the Women's Rights Convention drafted the Declaration of Sentiments, an extremely useful push to build the women's suffrage movement. -
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
Thanks to the escape of Tubman, she was able to work to free slaves, using her income and time to become a conductor for the Under Ground Railroad and free numerous slaves. -
Fugitive Slave Act Passed
Due to this law being passed, slaves were required to be caught and returned, meaning slaves were no longer safe just by escaping to the North and many Northerners began to fear the slave power conspiracy, creating more North and South tension leading up to the Civil War. -
Sojourner Truth's ¨Ain't I a Woman?¨ Speech
Her speech helped push the Women's Rights and suffrage movement while she compares herself to being equal with any man. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's ¨Uncle Tom's Cabin¨
This book had a great impact, showing the reality of slavery to people, upsetting the South and giving the North heart in the fight against slavery while creating some stereotypes of black people aqnd families. -
Republican Party founded
The founding of the Republican Party led to a firm poltical party for the North's abolitionist ideas and eventually for the Union during the Civil War. -
Kansas Nebraska Act passed
This act both divided the country, furtherting the descent into Civil War, and nullified the Missouri Compromise, angering the North and, again, leading the push towards Civil War, -
Civil War in Kansas known as ¨Bleeding Kansas¨
Led to the drafting of many different constitutions on how to govern Kansas and was a precursor to the Civil War, the first battles over slavery in the nation, drawing attention to the very real threat of a nation wide Civil War. -
Supreme Court's Dred Scott Decision
With this case, the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans were not American citizens, both slaves and free blacks, and could not sue in court and the federal government had no right to regulate slavery in states acquired. -
Charles Sumner Beating
After Sumner was beat, the North was outraged and rallies began, also giving strength to the new Republican Party. -
LeCompton Constitution rejected by Congress
The LeCompton Constitution, although it supported slaveholders, divided the Democratic Party as many Northern Democrats opposed the Constitution. -
LIncoln Douglass Debates
Although Lincoln did not win the election for Senator following the debates, they did allow him to increase his popularity and how known he was across the country, allowing him to win the Presidential Election later. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
The raid and Brown's subsequent execution left many Southerners felt like they were right in their argument that slaves were content since none rebelled like Brown called for, while the Northerners admired Brown's stand and his execution enfuriated many, furthering the tension between North and South. -
Election of 1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860 directly led to the secession of the South and the Civil War, as the South hated Lincoln's denial to accept secession and his anti-slavery beliefs.
