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SAMUEL RINGGOLD WARD FORCED TO FLEE TO CANADA

ANN MARIA WEEMS ESCAPES FROM MARYLAND

THOMAS SIMS TURNED OVER TO SLAVE OWNERS

KIDNAPPING OF RACHEL AND ELIZABETH PARKER AND MURDER OF JOSEPH C. MILLER IN PENNSYLVANIA

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN PUBLISHED

MARY ELLEN PLEASANT FLEES TO CALIFORNIA

MARY ANN SHADD AND SAMUEL RINGGOLD WARD FOUND PROVINCIAL FREEDMAN IN CANADA

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE BY SOLOMON NORTHRUP COMES OUT IN NEW YORK

ANTHONY BURNS RIOT IN BOSTON

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

CALLAHAN EXPEDITION INTO MEXICO

PASSMORE WILLIAMS HELPS JANE JOHNSON AND CHILDREN TO ESCAPE IN PHILADELPHIA

CAPTAIN FOUNTAIN AND FREEDOM SEEKERS CAUGHT IN NORFOLK

CAPTURE OF THE CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAYLISS' SHIP KEZIAH WITH FREEDOM SEEKERS ON BOARD IN PETERSBURG

MARGARET GARNER MURDERS HER CHILD IN CINCINNATI RATHER THAN YIELD TO SLAVE CATCHERS

CASE IN CALIFORNIA ON LIBERTY OF "FRANK" FROM MISSOURI

ARCHY LEE CASE IN CALIFORNIA

QUINDARO, KANSAS ESTABLISHED

NEW HAMPSHIRE DECLARES BLACKS AS CITIZENS

DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD SUPREME COURT DECISION

OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE IN OHIO

PUBLICATION OF JOSIAH HENSON'S LIFE HISTORY TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION IN BOSTON

JOHN BROWN RAID IN HARPERS FERRY

PUBLICATION OF SLAVE NARRATIVE THE FUGITIVE BLACKSMITH BY JAMES W.C. PENNINGTON

ABLEMAN V. BOOTH SUPREME COURT DECISION

CHARLES NALLE RESCUE IN TROY

LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT

SECESSION OF 11 STATES AND FORMATION OF UNION OF CONFEDERACY