The Address Escalates Sectional Tension
The South Responds To The Harpers Ferry Raid
The “English Bill” Tries To Save The Lecompton Constitution
A New Constitutional Union Party Holds Its Convention
Oregon Becomes The First State To Ban All Blacks In Its Constitution
Douglas Is Re-elected While Lincoln Becomes Famous
Select Congressional Committees Search For Answers
Lincoln Accepts Senate Nomination With “House Divided” Speech
Respect For John Brown Grows From His Capture To His Execution
John Brown Frees Missouri Slaves And Takes Them To Safety
Southern Anger Follows Lincoln’s Win Especially In South Carolina
Henry Seward’s “Irrepressible Conflict” Speech
John Brown Gets Ready For His Attack In Virginia
The Chaotic 36th Congress Convenes Amidst The Harpers Ferry Turmoil
Oregon Moves Toward Applying For Statehood
Abraham Lincoln Delivers His Famous Cooper Union Address In New York
The 1860 Campaign For President
Major Robert Anderson Assumes Command In Charleston Harbor
John Brown’s Forces Attack Harpers Ferry
Slavery Supporters Suffer Another Loss When Kansas Voters Reject The “English Bill”
The Wyandotte Constitution Is Approved In Kansas
The Reconvening Democrats Nominate Two Separate Tickets
History Book
A Congressional Investigation Of Harpers Ferry Solves Nothing
The Democrat Party Fractures At Its Charleston Convention
A Ban On Western Slavery Poses An Existential Threat To The South
James Henry Hammond Asserts That "Cotton Is King"
Buchanan Offers His Final State Of The Union Address
An Ongoing Fugitive Slave Act Fight In Wisconsin Is Finally Resolved
Buchanan’s Pardon Of “Treasonous” Mormons Seen As Capitulation
Lincoln – Douglas Debates Frame The National Divide Over Slavery
The Proposed Republican Ban On Slavery Poses An Existential Threat To The South
Jefferson Davis Announces Latest Southern Demands
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The Republicans Nominate Abraham Lincoln
The Marais des Cygnes Massacre Again Stirs Up Hatred In Kansas
John Brown’s Plan To Attack Harper Ferry Hits A Roadblock
Republican Party Wins Mid-Term House Elections
A Southerner Attacks Slavery On Behalf Of “Plain White Folks”
The Northern Reaction To Harpers Ferry Shifts Over Time
President Buchanan And Other Northerners Push Back On The Pro-Brown Sentiment
Lincoln Becomes America’s Sixteenth President