Eventos
1619: First African Slaves
Brought to the
Colonies 1652: Quakers Become the
First Anti-Slavery Group
in the Colonies.1739: Stono Rebellion
Largest slave rebellion in the
British mainland colonies
causing the death of over
80 whites and blacks.
Slaves chanted about
freedom through the
streets and acted violently.
This was an early form of Abolitionism,
although it was largely
unsuccessful in demonstrating equality.1787:
Northwest Ordinance outlaws slavery
in the new territories.
Congress passes the Three-Fifths Comprise,
stating that every black man is equivalent to 3/5th
a white man, a southern effort to increase their influence
in the House of Representatives. U.S Constitution sets the date of
1808 as the official ban of American
interaction in the international slave trade.1791:
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton gin,
facilitating the spread of slavery in the south.
First edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life
of Olaudah Equiano is published and raises
awareness for the Abolitionist cause by exposing the
brutality of slavery and the horrors of the Middle Passage.1820: Missouri Compromise
Missouri is admitted as a slave state and
Maine is admitted as a free state.
All states North or 36' 30' must be free states,
except for Missouri. The compromise
split the North and the South even
more literally, facilitating the down fall to Civil War.1793:
Fugitive Slave Act passed in America
outraging Abolitionists, and drawing more people to the cause.
The Underground Railroad slowly starts up
and is facilitated by Abolitionists and former slaves,
most notably Harriet Tubman. This was seen as a failure for the
abolition movement, but the Underground
Railroad was a monumental success.1808: American involvement
in the international slave trade is officially banned,
and the Second Middle Passage begins to take root.
The banning of the slave trade was a large
success for the abolition movement.1821: Benjamin Lundy establishes
the first American anti-slavery newspaper,
The Genius of Universal Emancipation.
From September 1829 until March 1830,
William Lloyd Garrison assists the paper.
In 1836 Lundy establishes and another
anti-slavery weekly in Philadelphia, The National Enquirer.1861: American Civil War begins. Fought largely over slavery,
and the economic ties the south holds with the
Peculiar institution. Abolitionists were, for the most part,
pro-civil war and immediate emancipation by this point.1862: Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln gives a presidential order for the immediate
emancipation of all slaves in the United States.
This was the biggest victory for Abolitionists.1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin and
becomes one of the most influential abolitionists.
Her book becomes one of the most widely read
pieces of anti-slavery literature,
and it exposed the brutality of slavery through hyperbole.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was one of the
most notable successes of the movement.1845: Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography
after being a strong presence as an abolitionist.
Douglass spent his life giving speeches on
behalf of the Anti-Slavery Society.1857: Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott, a southern slave, attempts
to sue for his freedom and
takes it to the Supreme Court.
The verdict decided that no slave nor
person of color is a legal citizen,
therefore Scott could not sue for freedom.
This outraged many Americans
and drove them to join the abolitionist
cause, arguably a and it pushed the United
States towards Civil War, arguably a success for the movement.1859: John Brown’s Harper Ferry Raid
John Brown was an abolitionist
on the violent side of the spectrum.
Brown armed himself and 21 others by
raiding the military fort at Harper's Ferry
in attempt to advocate for immediate
emancipation. Brown has a violent
history as a abolitionist, as he
committed the Pottawatomie
Massacre 3 years prior in Kentucky.1854-1856: Bleeding Kansas
Violent conflict between pro and
anti-slavery Americans in Kansas.
This conflict was caused by the idea of
Popular Sovereignty, or that the majority
of the state would decide if it was slave
or free. Popular Sovereignty was
proposed in the Kansas-Nebraska
Act of 1854. This was a win for the
Abolitionist cause because it
brought the nation closer to the civil war,
however,the violence gave
gave abolitionism a bad reputation.1780: Gradual Emancipation Act passed in Pennsylvania, a huge success for the aboliton movement.1750: Georgia becomes
the last colony to legalize slavery.1775: Pennsylvania Society for
Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
is established with Benjamin
Franklin as President.1776: The Revolutionary War Begins
Great Britain offers freedom to American
slaves that run away from their masters and
join the loyalist cause. The new northern
states begin considering gradual
emancipation and the abolition of
slavery.1831: Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner led one of the largest and most
violent slave rebellions in the United States in South Hampton,
Virginia. This was a success in the eyes of the more violent abolitionist,
however1831: William Lloyd Garrison establishes the "Liberator," an influential abolitionist news paper1833: The American Anti-Slavery Society is
established in Philadelphia. This society
was made of up men and women,
both black and white, who advocated for
immediate emancipation.
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