19th Century :: A Collaborative Timeline

January 1, 1800: While lying in bed with Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson makes a promise to support any new legislative effort to end slavery within the United States.

January 2, 1800: A group of free blacks from Philadelphia present a petition to Congress calling for an end to slavery, the slave trade and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. While initially ignored by Congress they soon find an unlikely ally in Thomas Jefferson.

Instead of focussing the abolition of slavery throughout the US, what if Jefferson works on Virginia first? It seems as though there are many wealthy planters in Virginia who are abolition minded. What are his obstacles for Virginia in the early 1800's?
 
December 13, 1804: Kaumualii, the Ali'i of Kauai, Dies suddenly. His wife, Kaʻapuwai Kapuaʻamoku becomes the new Ali'i of Kauai, and surrenders to Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, Uniting the Hawaiian Islands.

January 3, 1805: Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi Dies. he is succeded by George Cox Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II, His son.
 
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