Ninth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City

The ninth National Women's Rights Convention was held in New York City.  A main feature of the meeting was Susan B. Anthony's speech that challenged the government of the United States on both female and African-American "inalienable rights."  Wendell Phillips also spoke effectively. (By John Osborne)
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John Brown arrives in Chatham, Ontario for a series of secret meetings

John Brown arrived in Chatham, Ontario on April 30, 1858, to hold a series of secret meetings over his plans to establish a revolutionary government of freed slaves based in the Appalachian Mountains.  Chatham was the central settlement in Canada for escaped slaves from the United States.  On the morning of May 8, 1858, Brown met with twelve whites and thirty-four blacks in the First Baptist Church and the provisional constitution of the new republic was approved. (By John Osborne)
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At the Chatham Convention in Ontario, John Brown sets up his Provisional Constitution

John Brown had arrived in Chatham, Ontario on April 30, 1858, to hold a series of secret meetings over his plans to establish a revolutionary government of freed slaves based in the Appalachian Mountains.  Chatham was the central settlement in Canada for escaped slaves from the United States.  On the morning of May 8, 1858, Brown met with twelve whites and thirty-four blacks in the First Baptist Church and the constitution of the new republic was approved.  The direct result of this meeting was the attack on Harpers Ferry in October 1859. (By John Osborne)
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Kansas voters reject the Lecompton Constitution

On the same day that the Territorial Legislature met, the voters of Kansas voted down the Lecompton Constitution that included slavery with only 112 votes in favor. Earlier, on December 21, 1857, the voters had supported Lecompton in a ballot that Free-State Kansas boycotted.  This back and forth over the constitution would continue until the final document, the Wyandotte Constitution, was approved in October 1859.  (By John Osborne)
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