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10/16/1859 |
John Brown’s raid occurs in West Virginia. |
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12/02/1859 |
Boston church bells ring to memorialize John Brown. |
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12/08/1859 |
Constitutional Union Party is established. |
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1859 |
Harriet Tubman visits Boston. |
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12/03/1860 |
Mob attacks abolitionists at a memorial service for John Brown. |
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12/10/1860 |
Douglass, Frederick. A Plea for Free Speech. |
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12/10/1860 |
Prominent former Whigs meet in Boston to discuss ways to halt the secession movement. |
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12/16/1860 |
Another memorial service for John Brown is disrupted by anti-abolitionists. |
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12/22/1860 |
John Murray Forbes describes the effect of secession on the Boston economy. |
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01/20/1861 |
Phillips, Wendell. On Disunion. |
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