1830s
1830–1839Zoom in — years
Key events
- August 21, 1831Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner leads the most consequential slave revolt in US history, terrifying the South into harsher repression.
- January 1, 1831William Lloyd Garrison launches The Liberator
A radical abolitionist newspaper amplifies the call for immediate emancipation.
- July 2, 1839The Amistad rebellion
Captured Africans seize their slave ship; the Supreme Court later frees them.