Birthdays
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Turns 54 on this date
William M. Lemen
Turns 23 on this date
Henry Hopkins Sibley
Turns 41 on this date
Bennett Henderson Young
Turns 14 on this date
Events
| Personal | Harriet Tubman brings her parents to Canada |
05/01/1857 to 06/01/1857 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Fate and the Folly of Compromises," May 25, 1857 | 05/25/1857 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “A Negro-Whipping Resulting in a White Man's Murder,” May 25, 1857 | 05/25/1857 |