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Civil War Timeline
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Compromise of 1850
Allows for the admission of California as a free state. Congress abolishes slave trade in the district of Colombia. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
300,000 copies sold in 3 months. It was so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.” -
Republican Party Was Formed
By February 1854, anti-slavery Whigs had begun meeting in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. One such meeting, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the founding meeting of the Republican Party. -
Kansas-Nebraska act passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 -
Lawrence, Kansas sacked
When a group pro-slavery activists, led by Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, attacked and ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, which had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts, who were hoping to make Kansas as a "free state". -
Dred Scott Decision
He lost his case which was proving that he should be free but they said his petition could not be seen he didn't hold any property. -
John Brown plans to establish a nation of freed slaves.
Him and followers agreed on a plan to establish a plan to have a nation of freed slaves -
John Brown Executed
John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection. Achieving only moderate success in his fight against slavery on the Kansas frontier, and committing atrocities in the process, Brown settled on a more ambitious plan in 1859. -
"The Convention," The Wilmington Journal
The editor of the Wilmington Journal discusses the issues presented during the Democratic National Convention of 1860. The author begins by discussing the voting strength and turn out for supporters of the Douglass platform. -
Abraham Lincoln wins 1860 presidential election
Nineteenth quadrennial election to select the Vice president and President
