Slavery in America~Timeline
1619~ First slaves arrive in America
1817~ Fredrick Douglass is born
1831~ Nat Turners rebellion
1849~ Harriet Tubman is freed by the Underground Railroad
1857~ Dred Scott vs. Sanford case causes a set back in the abolitionist movement
1859~ John Brown led a group into an artillery in Harpers Ferry raid
1860~ Abraham Lincoln is elected President
1861~ The first 7 states secede and the Civil War starts at Fort Sumter
1865~ Slavery is abolished
1867~ Congress is fed up with Andrew Johnson and reconstruction starts
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