Abolition Timeline

Vermont

Vermont is the First state to outlaw slavery in their state.

1777

First Formal Organization

1787

With the englightment, influence of people's indivual rights grows. People are making arguments against the use of salvery and created Abolition Society in England as a way to comebat slavery.

1800- Gabriel's Rebellion

1800

• Gabriel's rebellion was a plan by ensalved African American men to attack Richmond and destory slavery in Virginia.

• It remains one of the 6 most important insurrection plots in the history of North American slavery.

Louisana Purchase

After the first slave rebellion in Hati, the US needed more terrtoritty to have crops grown. Jefferson bought the Louisanna terriorty to expand the US, but also have more access to land for slave labor. This also sparked conversations on where slavery is allowed, leading to the Moussori Compomise.

1803

1820- Missori Compromise

1820

-Prohibits slavery north of the Lousiana Territory

- It was an agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state

1827- New York abolished slavery

- 1827 was the date of final emancipation and this made New York the first state to pass a law for the total abolition of legal slavery.

1827

Nullification Crisis

The Nullification Crisis was a result of southern states resistance to imposed, protective tariffs on foreign goods to guard emerging industries. Southern states viewed these tariffs as “unconstitutional”.

1832

1833- Founding of the biracial American Anti-slavery Society, Philadelphia

- The American Anti-Slavery was founded in 1833 in Philadelphia, by prominent white abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison as well as blacks from Pennsylvania, including James Forten.

1833

The Gag Rule

The gag rule, which prohibits the reading of anti-slavery petitions in the U.S. Congress, is passed.

1836

1838- Fredrick Douglas escapes slavery

1838

- Fredrick Douglass made his escape from slavery. He travled north by train and boat.

- He went from Baltimore, through Delaware, to Philadelphia. That some night, he took a train to New York, where he arrived the following morning.

1946-1948 Mexican War

The Mexican War was fought between the United States and Mexico (1846-48), a conflict that began with a dispute over the annexation of Texas by the U.S. in 1845.

1946

Compromise of 1850

1850

- The compromise admitted California to the United States as a free state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves. Part of the Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act, which proved highly unpopular in the North.

1852- Uncle Tom's Cabin

1852

- Uncle Tom's Cabin tells the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved person, depicted as saintly and dignified, noble and steadfast in his beliefs. While being transported by boat to auction in New Orleans, Tom saves the life of Little Eva, an angelic and forgiving young girl, whose grateful father then purchases Tom.

1854- Kansas-Nebraska Act

- The Kansas Nebraska Act was an 1854 bill that mandated popular sovereignty allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed whithin a new states border.

1854

1857- Dred Scott Decision

1857

- A Missouri slave was sued for his freedom. He claimed that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.

The Civil War Begins

1861

The South of the US decided to suceed away from the North because they view salvery as a way to keep their economic prosperity. While the north thought it was better to abolitish it, because they believed it was wrong to continue people as property.

Abraham Lincoln's Emancapation Proclamation

1863

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

13th Amendment

It abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories.

1865

14th Amendment

Anyone born in the United States is a citizen and that all states must give citizens the same rights guaranteed by the federal government in the Bill of Rights.

It also means that all citizens have the right to due process and equal protection under the law in all states.

1866

15th Amendment

This allowed African American men, including former slaves, to vote.

1869