User:Frozen Wind/Thy Name is Liberty/Timeline

1850s

 * **May 8, 1858** - John Brown's Constitutional Convention, which had been taking place in Chatham, Canada West, ends.

1860s
ending the War of Liberation, and negotiations begin on amending the US constitution to ensure equality of rights for
 * **November 6, 1860** (POD): Voters of the United States, fearful for the integrity of the union of states, elect John Bell as president.
 * **March 4, 1861**: John Bell takes the oath of office and becomes President of the United States.
 * **May 6, 1862**: The US federal government surrenders to the abolitionists,