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Liberator published
William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of the Liberator in Boston. It was the first publication dedicated to immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation to their owners.
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Fifty-seven whites were killed, and Turner was eventually captured and executed.
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Nat Turner executed
Nat Turner, the leader of a Virginia slave insurrection, was executed.
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Lecompton Constitution
In Kansas, pro-slavery delegates drafted the Lecompton Constitution, a pro-slavery document that created great debate about Kansas’s future. It was ultimately rejected but prompted turmoil in the territory.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church formed
The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in Philadelphia. Richard Allen was elected and consecrated the first African American bishop.
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American Anti-Slavery Society founded
The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded, pledging “immediate emancipation without expatriation.”
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American Colonization Society founded
Robert Finley founded the American Colonization Society with the intention of resettling freed slaves in Africa. Some former slaves later settled in the Republic of Liberia, which was founded in 1822.
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Angelina Grimké’s petition at Boston State House
Angelina Grimké presented anti-slavery petitions to the Boston State House and became the first woman to address a legislative body in American history.
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Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, a radical pamphlet that attacked slavery and the colonization movement, was published in Boston. It called for the abolition of slavery by any means.
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Charles Sumner assaulted in the Senate
Two days after delivering his “Crime against Kansas” speech, abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner was physically attacked by Representative Preston Brooks on the floor of US Senate. Sumner had denounced a number of southern senators in his speech. It took Sumner three years to recover from the beating and return to his Senate seat. Brooks became a hero in the South; merchants in Charleston, South Carolina, bought Brooks a new cane, inscribed, “Hit him again.” In the North, Sumner became a martyr to the cause of freedom, and a million copies...