WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1838
Find out what all happened July to September 1838

Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. (15. July 1838)

The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838 (18. August 1838)

The Iowa Territory is organized. (4. July 1838)

Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. (1. August 1838)

The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden. (18. September 1838)

Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. (3. September 1838)

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