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Underground Railroad
In the heat of the South's slavory, a connection of safe points was made to help smuggle slaves over to the free Northern States. These paths were known as the Underground Railroad, though not actually a railroad. Households would hide slaves in their homes and smuggle them to the next point. Enjoy an interactive Map of the Underground Railroad -
The Invention of The Cotton Gin
After being recruited by a group of stressed maidens, Eli Whitney created the cotton Gin to seperate the seeds from the cotton. But this machine created more harm then good. Eli faced a long and messy road after his breakthrough. -
The First Issue of The Liberator is Published
The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp and was published weekly. The paper ran for 35 years and 3 quarters of subscribers were African American. link -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner was a slave who created a huge uprising during the slave's repression. His actions added a great impact on the upcoming Civil War. “To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.” -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Hits the Shelves
Uncle Tom's cabin is an antislavery fiction novel about Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. This was the best selling novel of the 19th century. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
During the upcoming of these two states, a bill was passed that created a whol new political party due to slavery -
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Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is used to describe the struggle during the settlement of the territory. They struggled on decided whether they wanted to be invloved with slavery or not. Battle broke out, killing hundreds over an indecisive mind. -
Brooks-Sumner Event
Bleeding Kansas was such a large epidemic that it made its way to D.C..Congress fiercely debated over the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner pointed fingers at the bill's author Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina, whom he accused of embracing slavery as "a mistress." South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks, completely enraged by this, took matters into his own hands and beat Sumner in the head with a cane until that cane broke. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was an African American slave who's owners took him to free states, where he tried to sue for his freedom. The Supreme court decided that since he was property, making him not a real person, he was denied. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. Brown was caught and exucuted soon after -
Secession of Southern States
The moment Licoln won the election, slavery states started breaking away from the country to preserve their customs. States include Texas, Virgina, Tennessee, Louisiana. and more -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was an intense event. Running for President then was Lincoln, Bell, Douglas, and Brechenridge. The South was desperate not to let Abraham win, due to his ambission to ambolish slavery. Yet due to popular vote, Licoln came on top
