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1737: Benjamin Lay: Radical Quaker voice for abolition
1771: Quaker abolitionist educates, inspires others
1798: George Moses Horton: Poet free after 68 years
1810: David Ruggles: Marshals support for freedom seekers
1816: Unsung heroines play key movement roles
1817-1819: Anti-slavery papers are movement pioneers
1826: New group fosters Black abolitionist movement
1827: Freedom's Journal: The voice of Black abolitionism
1829: Walker’s Appeal: A rallying cry for Black Americans
1830: David Walker dies; TB listed as cause
1831: Flagship anti-slavery paper is launched
1832: Black women form female anti-slavery society
1832: Regional anti-slavery society birthed in Boston
1832: Maria W. Stewart: Militant abolitionist, women's rights champion
1832: Chloe Spear: A story of 30 years in bondage
1833: Lydia Maria Child: Abolitionist and rights advocate
1835: Activists foil kidnappers, help fugitives to freedom
1835: Abolitionist women run gauntlet of Boston mob
1836-1837: Pro-slavery mobs kill abolitionist publishers
1837: Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition
1837: Planter's daughters campaign for abolition, women's rights
1839: New book spurs outrage at "slave breeding"
1839-1841: Revolts cast spotlight on illegal slave trade
1841: First history of Black people in U.S. published
1842: "Under ground rail-road" promoter transports hundreds to freedom
1842: Campaign prevents escapee's return to bondage
1844: Historian derides notions of White superiority
1845: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poet, anti-slavery activist
1845: First Douglass memoir is international bestseller
1846: "Father" of Underground Railroad helps free 800
1847: The North Star: Voice of Black abolitionism debuts
1847: Sloop captain carries fugitives to freedom
1847: The Crafts: Tireless speakers against slavery after daring escape
1848: Failed escape shows capital's role in slave trade
1850: Nancy Gardner Prince publishes autobiography
1850: Martin Delany: Abolitionist leader, champions Black self-reliance
1851: Sojourner Truth: Activist for abolition, women's rights, prison reform
1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin is praised, vilified
1853: Racist screeds promote "White Supremacy"
1854: Wisconsin activists help escapees, challenge Fugitive Slave Act
1854: Families move to Kansas to help make it a free state
1857: "The Weeping Time": Enslaver sells 429 people in two days
1859: First novel by African American women published
1861: Landscape architect helps persuade Britain to shun Confederacy
1861: Pro-slavery sentiments roil Massachusetts town
1862: Ida B. Wells: Exposes lynching horrors with the "light of truth"
1862: William Gould: Rows to freedom, serves in Union Navy
1865: Refugees in Canada start coming home

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