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1849: Harriet Tubman escapes to Philadelphia

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1849: Harriet Tubman escapes to Philadelphia

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Tubman encountered the Underground Railroad when escaping slavery from Maryland. Soon thereafter she became a ‘conductor’, safely leading family and friends to free northern states.

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It was a federal law, it made it so that slave owners could reclaim their slaves and it hurt those who helped slaves.

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Its a book published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it is a story of a fictional slave and their struggles, as well as their travels through the underground railroad.

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It was a bill that Senator Stephen Douglass had presented that would organize the Nebraska territory. In doing so it had messed up the Missouri Compromise.

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During 1857 the Supreme Court had made a ruling that all enslaved people, and Dred Scott were not seen as people.

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1858:Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas

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1858:Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas

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Abraham Lincoln (Republican party presidential candidate) and Stephen Douglas (Democratic party presidential candidate) challenged each other in a series of 7 political debates; the most heated topic was slavery.

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On the morning of October 17th, 1859 John Brown and his supporters had seized people and stole federal weapons.

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1860:Abraham Lincoln is elected president

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1860:Abraham Lincoln is elected president

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He was elected as president of the US during the 1860 election. He had beat John C. Breckinridge.

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1860:South Carolina secedes from the Union

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1860:South Carolina secedes from the Union

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On December 20th, 1860. SC had taken themselves themselves from the union as a state.

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1861:The Confederate States of America is formed

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1861:The Confederate States of America is formed

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On February 8th of 1861, the major southern states had formed as the Confederate States Of America.