Events
1787 - Slavery Prohibited
in NW Territories1793 - Act to Limit Slavery
in Upper Canada1807 - Abolition of
the Slave Trade Act1812 - War of 1812
"Black Men in Red Coats"1816 - American Colonial
Society founded1820 - Missouri
Compromise of 18201822 - American abolitionists
established colony of Liberia1833 - American Anti-
Slavery Society founded1840 - General Anti-Slavery
Convention of 18401840 - Fall of the AAS1840 - Creation of the American
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
(soon called the Liberty Party)1840 - James G. Birney
lost presidential election1844 - James G. Birney
lost presidential election
for the second time1848 - forming of
the Free Soil Party1850 - Fugitive
Slave Act of 18501865 - Ratification of Thirteenth
Amendment: slavery was abolished
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