Decade of record

1850s

The 1850s contain 16 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

16 events From Apr 22, 1850 To Oct 16, 1859 Open in filter view →

Activity over time Events per year

Date	Event	Lanes	Status
1859-10-16	John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture 3 src John Brown · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines		confirmed
1858-08-21	Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle 3 src Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party		confirmed
1858-01-04	Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery 3 src James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas		confirmed
1857-11-07	Lecompton Constitution Referendum Demonstrates Electoral Fraud in Service of Slavery Expansion 3 src James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas · Free-State settlers		confirmed
1857-03-06	Dred Scott Decision Demonstrates Supreme Court Capture by Slave Power Through Political Collusion 4 src James Buchanan · U.S. Supreme Court		confirmed
1856-05-24	Pottawatomie Massacre Escalates Bleeding Kansas Violence, 29 Dead in Three Months 3 src John Brown · Free-State settlers		confirmed
1856-05-22	Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence 3 src U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives		confirmed
1855-03-30	Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence 3 src Franklin Pierce		confirmed
1854-05-30	Kansas-Nebraska Act Repeals Missouri Compromise, Triggering Violent Territorial Conflict 3 src Stephen A. Douglas · Franklin Pierce · U.S. Congress · Free-State settlers		confirmed
1853-03-04	Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion 3 src Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party		confirmed
1852-11-02	Pierce Elected in Slave Power Landslide as Whig Party Collapses Over Slavery 3 src Franklin Pierce · Democratic Party · Whig Party		confirmed
1851-05-29	Sojourner Truth Speech at Akron Women's Rights Convention Exposes Intersection of Racism and Sexism 3 src		confirmed
1851-03-03	California Land Act of 1851 Enables Systematic Legal Theft from Mexican Land Grant Holders 3 src U.S. Congress · Land speculators		confirmed
1850-09-18	Fugitive Slave Act Transforms Federal Government into Kidnapping Apparatus for Slaveholders 5 src U.S. Congress · Slaveholders		confirmed
1850-08-22	Allan Pinkerton Founds North-Western Police Agency, Precursor to Private Intelligence State 2 src Allan Pinkerton · Pinkerton National Detective Agency		confirmed
1850-04-22	California Legislature Begins Funding State Militia Expeditions for Indigenous Genocide 4 src California State Legislature · U.S. Congress		confirmed