1830s
The 1830s contain 18 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1839-07-02 | Amistad Captives Revolt and Win Freedom in Supreme Court, Exposing Slavery's Illegality Joseph Cinqué · Amistad captives · John Quincy Adams · Lewis Tappan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1838-11-01 | Swartwout Embezzles $1.2 Million, Exposing Spoils System Corruption Samuel Swartwout · Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury | confirmed | |
| 1838-05-26 | Trail of Tears Forced Removal Begins as 7,000 Troops Round Up 16,000 Cherokee at Gunpoint Martin Van Buren · Winfield Scott · Cherokee Nation · John Ross · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1837-11-07 | Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow Elijah Parish Lovejoy · Pro-slavery mob · Alton, Illinois authorities · John Quincy Adams · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1837-05-10 | Panic of 1837 Begins as Banks Refuse Specie Conversion, Triggering Five-Year Depression Martin Van Buren · Andrew Jackson · New York banks · State banks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1836-07-11 | Jackson Issues Specie Circular Requiring Hard Money for Land Purchases, Triggering Credit Contraction Andrew Jackson · Levi Woodbury · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1836-05-26 | House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture Henry L. Pinckney · John Quincy Adams · U.S. House of Representatives · American Anti-Slavery Society · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1836-01-01 | Courts Prosecute Labor Unions as Criminal Conspiracies in 17 Cases Since 1806, Criminalizing Worker Organization State courts · Labor unions · Employers · Prosecutors | confirmed | |
| 1835-12-29 | Treaty of New Echota Signed by Unauthorized Cherokee Minority Provides Legal Pretext for Forced Removal Cherokee Nation · John Ross · Treaty Party · U.S. Congress · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1835-06-01 | Philadelphia General Strike Wins Ten-Hour Workday for 17 Trades Despite Court Hostility to Labor Organizing Philadelphia workers · Philadelphia City Council · Seventeen trade unions · Private employers | confirmed | |
| 1834-03-28 | Senate Censures Jackson for Pet Banks Scheme and Constitutional Overreach Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · Roger Taney · William Duane · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1833-10-01 | Nicholas Biddle Deliberately Contracts Credit to Create "Biddle's Panic" and Force Bank Recharter Nicholas Biddle · Second Bank of the United States · Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1833-09-26 | Jackson Removes Federal Deposits to "Pet Banks" Selected Through Political Patronage, Not Financial Merit Andrew Jackson · Roger Taney · Louis McLane · William J. Duane · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1832-11-24 | South Carolina Nullification Crisis Previews Slave Power Secession Tactics John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · South Carolina · Henry Clay · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1832-07-10 | Jackson Vetoes Second Bank Recharter, Triggering Financial Manipulation by Both Sides Andrew Jackson · Nicholas Biddle · Henry Clay · Daniel Webster · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1832-03-03 | Supreme Court Rules Georgia Cannot Seize Cherokee Lands; Jackson Refuses to Enforce Decision John Marshall · Andrew Jackson · Samuel Worcester · Cherokee Nation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1831-08-21 | Nat Turner Rebellion Triggers Brutal Repression and Tightening of Slave Codes Across the South Nat Turner · Virginia Legislature · Southern state governments · Enslaved population · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1830-05-28 | Indian Removal Act Authorizes Ethnic Cleansing to Benefit Land Speculators and Slaveholders Andrew Jackson · U.S. Congress · Cherokee Nation · Five Civilized Tribes · +2 | confirmed |