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In 1830 he started an abolitionist paper, The Liberator. In 1832 he helped form the New England Antislavery Society. When the Civil War broke out, he continued to blast the Constitution as a pro-slavery document. When the civil war ended, he at last saw the abolition of slavery.

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Violent Civil confrontations in the United States between 1854-1861 that emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery.

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The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone's property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.

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The Republican Party was relatively new; 1860 was only the second time the party had a candidate in the presidential race. The Constitutional Union Party was also new; 1860 was the first and only time the party ran a candidate for president. The results of the 1860 election pushed the nation into war.

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Although many southern states had been talking about secession for some time since the slavery issue wasn't going away, it was the election of Lincoln that made them take it seriously since he was openly against slavery.

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The Attack on Fort Sumter was significant because it was the first battle in the Civil War as the Confederate canons shot at Fort Sumter.

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The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought from July 1-July 3, 1863, was the biggest battle in the Civil War with the most causalities. This battle was also the turning point of the war with the conflict now favoring the Union side.

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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. After Robert E. Lee's surrender, Grant let him and his troops return to their base with no consequences.

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Secret societies, such as the KKK, were brought together by disabled white people. These people wanted blacks to be scared to vote so they tormented them using violence.

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The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ending the Reconstruction Era.

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Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation on the south during the end of reconstruction until 1968.

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The poll tax was used as a means to keep African American Men from voting. Most African American men were too poor to be able to pay the poll tax in order to vote.