Timeline by Devin Cadwallader

Missouri Compromise, 1820

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:09:50 UTC

This compromise dictated that Missouri would become a slave state and Maine would be a free state. This compromise evened out the 2 states and drew a distinct line for north and south or free and enslaved.

South Carolina Secession, Dec. 20th 1860

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:10:23 UTC

Due to Republican President Abraham Lincoln becoming President, South Carolina decided it was not in their interests to remain in the union of the United States and formally withdraw their state. They were the first state to leave, followed by other southern states in what would later culminate into the civil war only a year later, in 1861.

Nat Turners Rebellion, 1831

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:12:05 UTC

Nat Turner was an enslaved man in southern Virginia that started an uprising spreading across multiple plantations, killing around 60 white people with his 70 cohorts. 55 of him and his men were tried and executed. 200 others were lynched by deranged white mobs. The right to assemble and to education was subsequently limited for free black people in Virginia.

The compromise of 1850

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:12:29 UTC

This compromise orchestrated by senators Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas had multiple bills in it. Some guaranteeing California as a free state and another being the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave act allowed regular citizens to capture slaves once they had escaped into free states and return them to their owners.

Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:13:04 UTC

A fictional book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe on the reality of slavery and life as a slave. It was the second best selling book in 19th century America, only second to the bible.

Dred Scott vs Sanford, 1857

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:14:36 UTC

Dred Scott was a Virginian slave that sued for his freedom. His case reached the Supreme Court, where it was decided that "as a slave" he was property and therefore did not have the same rights as as a human being.

John Brown's raid, 1859

devincadwallader — 2024-11-12 17:15:27 UTC

With 19 men, John Brown seized weapons from a federal army and distributed them to slaves, starting an uprising. They were casualities on both sides, with them being taken down by a small forced of marines. He was later tried, convicted and hanged.