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NAT TURNER REVOLT IN VIRGINIA

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON BEGINS THE LIBERATOR

NEW ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY ESTABLISHED

LOUISIANA PRESENTS RESOLUTION REQUESTING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ARRANGE WITH MEXICO TO RETURN FREEDOM SEEKERS TO LOUISIANA

LUCIE AND THORNTON BLACKBURN RESCUE IN LOUISVILLE

ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY FOUNDED IN PHILADELPHIA

BRITISH PARLIAMENT ABOLISHES SLAVERY IN THE EMPIRE

ORGANIZATION OF NEW YORK VIGILANCE COMMITTEE LED BY DAVID RUGGLES

ANTI-ABOLITION RIOTS IN MAJOR NORTHEAST CITIES

GAG RULE IN CONGRESS BARS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ANTISLAVERY

ELIJAH LOVEJOY MURDER IN ILLINOIS

HENRY BIBB ESCAPES FROM KENTUCKY

ARREST OF CONDUCTOR LEONARD GRIMES IN VIRGINIA

AMISTAD AFFAIR

NATIONAL ANTISLAVERY STANDARD NEWSPAPER BEGINS PUBLICATION

CREOLE SLAVE REVOLT AT SEA

SUPREME COURT CASE PRIGG V. PENNSYLVANIA

PERSONAL LIBERTY LAWS ENACTED

GEORGE LATIMER ARRESTED IN BOSTON

CAROLINE QUARLES ESCAPES FROM ST. LOUIS THROUGH WISCONSIN

IN NEW YORK ISABELLA BECOMES SOJOURNER TRUTH

CAPTURE AND BRANDING OF CAPTAIN JONATHAN WALKER IN FLORIDA

NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS PUBLISHED

PARDON OF CONDUCTOR DELIA WEBSTER IN KENTUCKY

JOHN PARKER GAINS FREEDOM IN ALABAMA

KIDNAPPING OF KITTY PAYNE FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO VIRGINIA

ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

PHILDELPHIA VIGILANCE COMMITTEE STARTED UNDER ROBERT PURVIS AND DANIEL PAYNE

LEWIS HAYDEN LEADS BOSTON VIGILANCE COMMITTEE

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN VIRGIN ISLANDS

MARTYRDOM OF REV. CHARLES TORREY IN MARYLAND PRISON

PUBLICATION OF NORTH STAR BEGINS IN ROCHESTER

PEARL AFFAIR IN WASHINGTON, DC

WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT ESCAPE FROM GEORGIA

THOMAS GARRETT CONVICTED IN DELAWARE FOR HELPING FREEDOM SEEKERS

HARRIET TUBMAN ESCAPES FROM MARYLAND

BUXTON, CANADA, FOUNDED

HENRY "BOX" BROWN MAILED FROM RICHMOND

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

SHADRACH MINKINS RESCUE IN BOSTON

300 SEMINOLES AND BLACKS IN TEXAS HEAD TO MEXICO INSPIRING OTHERS