Timeline by Molly Smart

Underground Railroad 1820-1860

msmart6 — 2024-09-17 17:35:29 UTC

Every slave wanting their freedom and every abolistsist, wanted to do something make real change sincerely help instead of just saying they want to. So many people of all kinds helped slaves through the railways leading them to the North without being caught, so that they could join civilization in the free states.

Nat Turner's Rebellion 1831

msmart6 — 2024-09-17 17:43:21 UTC

Nat Turner was a slave who claimed God was giving him signs and telling him to kill. He went on to going from house to house, killing over 60 people. He then went into hiding for 6 weeks to be caught and hung for it.

The Mexican War 1846-1848

msmart6 — 2024-09-17 17:47:26 UTC

The U.S. wanted some of Mexico so they offered deals to get it, but Mexico didn't want to give up any land. So the U.S. army was sent to the boarder to provoke them, which worked Mexico attacked first. The U.S. army took the parts of Northern Mexico which is now known as Southern U.S.

Fugitive State Law 1850-1864

msmart6 — 2024-09-17 18:03:19 UTC

California was going to be a free state, which caused a lot of controversy between the free and slave states. So the Slave states said if california is going to be free then we are going to install the Fugitive State law. The law stated that if a slave was found trying to escape or in a free state they were to be brought back to the plantation that "owned" them, were they could be beat legally.

Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852

msmart6 — 2024-09-18 14:00:08 UTC

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was inspired by many things leading to this story, but the main one was when she had lost her own child she sympathized with mothers who had lost their children as well. This story is about a slave who went through some horrid things while only trying to help. This story was believed to be one of the main causes of the civil war because she brought a big spot light to a situation that most thought they could just ignore, but the free states spread the book around but the slave states banned the book and tried to discredit it.

Bleeding Kansas 1855-1859

msmart6 — 2024-09-18 14:14:57 UTC

Kansas was debating on weather to become a free or slave state. Many people supporting slavery were threatening and making false votes to intimidate the people who didn't support slavery. In response, John Brown started killing many pro-slavery voters, the free states even thought of him as a hero.

Lincoln-Douglas debates 1858

msmart6 — 2024-09-18 14:21:59 UTC

Lincoln and Douglas were both running for president and had different views on slavery, so they debated about black rights and slavery. Later after Lincoln won the presidency.

Election of 1860

msmart6 — 2024-09-18 14:27:37 UTC

The divided country needed a president and Lincoln won, he only had about 40% of the popularity vote but won the college vote. After the election the United States split into two the Union and the Confederate states of America. He then went onto abolish the system of slavery and freed people of color from their chains.