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Timeline of the History of the Underground Railroad
1501-1619
African slaves
were brought
to North America
1705
A law was made, the slaves were now personal properties and so that slave owners were allowed to kill and destroy runaway slaves. This law affected deeply in southern US.
END.
1712
There was a uprising in New York City. The rebels, which were slaves were later beaten by the military. 19 of them were executed later on.
1861-1865
The American Civil War, the Unions/North against Confederate/South. War claimed around 623,000 people's lives. The Union won and president Abraham Lincoln put an end to slavery.
1739
More Revolts! Around 75 slaves stole weapons and fled towards Florida, later the South Carolina militia crushed them with their forces, resulting 40 blacks dead and 20 whites dead.
1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
Timeline:History of the Underground Railroad
1775 - 1783
American Revolution.
Loyalists vs. Patriots
1857
US supreme court decides that blacks can never become citizens and that congress has no authority to outlaw any slavery in territories.
1793
The fugitive slave act, US outlaws efforts too delay the captures of runaway slaves
1808
US banned slave trading, but there is still a lot of people smuggling
1854
Kansas - Nebraska act, congress decides to let these new territories choose either to allow slavery.
People choose sides and violence erupt.
1850
California becomes a free state,
Northern congressman accepts a harsher fugitive slave act.
1822
Another slave revolt, this time in Charleston. 35 participants in the revolt were hanged.
1849
Harriet Tubman escapes! She later returns south 15 times to help other slaves escape.
1847
1831
The North Star is published by escaped slave Frederick Douglas in New York
Nat Turner, a slave preacher led a 2 day revolt in Virginia, killing about 60 whites. Militia eventually crushed them and hanged Nat Turner.
1846-1848
The Mexican-American war. Later Mexican lost and the US gained a lot of territory.