1824
1824
Events
Boone County
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The General Assembly approved an Act to legalize the proceedings of the Trustees of the town of
Burlington. (28 December 28, 1824; Collins, “History of Kentucky”, Vol. 2, page 51, states: “Burlington, the county seat of
Boone county was incorporated in 1824.”
Kentucky
U.S. & World
Congress passes the Tariff Act of 1824, promoted by Henry Clay to support American industry.
The Marquise de Lafayette, America's French ally during the Revolutionary War, comes for a year-long tour of the nation.
Robert Owen becomes a prominent British reformer, preaching in favor of the abolition of
slavery, the liberation of
women, and the end of exploitation. He starts the New Harmony commune in Indiana, the first of many doomed Owenite communities in the United States.
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