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    This document provides a timeline and overview of key events in Black history between 1831 and 1860. It discusses (1) Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, where Turner led a slave uprising in Virginia that resulted in 56 white and 55 black deaths; (2) the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 that saw the United States gain territory in the West; and (3) the 1860 U.S. presidential election that was won by Abraham Lincoln and increased tensions over slavery that led to the Civil War. It also provides biographical details about Frederick Douglass, an influential abolitionist, orator and writer who escaped from slavery.

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    This document provides a timeline and overview of key events in Black history between 1831 and 1860. It discusses (1) Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, where Turner led a slave uprising in Virginia that resulted in 56 white and 55 black deaths; (2) the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 that saw the United States gain territory in the West; and (3) the 1860 U.S. presidential election that was won by Abraham Lincoln and increased tensions over slavery that led to the Civil War. It also provides biographical details about Frederick Douglass, an influential abolitionist, orator and writer who escaped from slavery.

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    Black History Month (1831-1860)

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    This document provides a timeline and overview of key events in Black history between 1831 and 1860. It discusses (1) Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, where Turner led a slave uprising in Virginia that resulted in 56 white and 55 black deaths; (2) the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 that saw the United States gain territory in the West; and (3) the 1860 U.S. presidential election that was won by Abraham Lincoln and increased tensions over slavery that led to the Civil War. It also provides biographical details about Frederick Douglass, an influential abolitionist, orator and writer who escaped from slavery.

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    BLACK HISTORY

    MONTH
    (1831-1860)
    ABSTRA
    CT 01 TIMELINE (1831-1860)

    02 NAT TURNER´S REBELLION

    03 MEXICAN-AMERICAN
    WAR

    04 US. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


    OF 1860

    05 FREDERICK DOUGLASS
    01

    21/08/1831 NAT TURNER´S REBELLION


    23/08/1831

    25/04/1846 MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR


    02/02/1848

    06/11/1860 1860 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

    14/02/1818
    20/02/1895
    Douglass escapes Life of an American FREDERICK DOUGLASS
    from slavery (1838) Slave (1845)
    02 NAT TURNER´S REBELLION

     Born October 2, 1800, Southampton


    county, Virginia, U.S.
     The turn point was an annular eclipse of the
    Sun that occurred in Virginia on February 12,
    1831
     Rebellion Turner started a rebellion in
    Southampton County on August 21, 1831
     There were 56 white deaths and about 55
    black deaths
     The liberties of the blacks in Virginia were
    restricted, and it was forbidden to criticize the
    slave system in order to avoid inciting future
    revolts.
    03 MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR 1846–1848

     In 1836, Texas declared


    independence from Mexico

     Defeat of the Mexicans at the Battle of Palo


    Alto and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma

     Feb. 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe


    Hidalgo was signed, ending the war

     Under the treaty, Mexico also recognized


    the U.S. annexation of Texas

    ¿
    04 US. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
    OF 1860 ELECTION RESULTS
    ¿
    REPUBLICAN PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY

    Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas John Breckenridge John Bell


    *House divided speech *Allowed citizens in new *Preserve slavery and *They did not have a
    territories to decide the the rights of slaveholders hard stance on slavery
    issue of slavery
    05 FREDERICK
    DOUGLASS

     Date of birth: 14/02/1818


     Date of death: 20/02/1895

     Occupations: women and human rights´


    activist , orator, publisher, social reformer,
    journalist…

     Associated movement: abolitionism

     Accomplisments:
    He played a part in African Americans,
    being granted the right to vote.
    He struggled for women´s suffrage.
    He developed an influential antislavery
    newspaper and wrote several books
    regarding the issue. ¿ “It is easier to build strong children than
    to repair broken men”
    BIBLIOGRAP
    HY
     Timeline: 400 years of resistance to slavery and injustice
    https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/in
    dex.html?source=1KcO9UFuXxlGfL69Icg8uOaI1tu3x1
    vlQSapWPmeZJmk&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zo
    om=2&height=650
     The election of 1860 explained
    The Election of 1860 Explained – YouTube
     Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Statesman – YouTube
     Nat Turner´s rebellion
    https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/nat-turner
     Mexican-American War
    https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/mexican-a
    merican-war
    THANK YOU
    FOR YOUR
    ATTENTION!

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