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The Gag Rule
The gag rule was a series of rules passed by the House of Representatives that prevented discussion of slavery. The gag rule was finally overturned in 1844. -
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Slavery during the Antebellum Period
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad started as early as 1786. It was the network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and Canada. Between 1830 and 1860, approximately 50,000 African Americans escaped using the network. The Underground Railroad violated the Fugitive Slave Act, and put all people involve at risk of getting in trouble. -
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner was an African American abolitionist. In 1843, she became a preach, speaking out for abolition and women's rights. She is well known for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave.
Fredrick Douglass was an abolitionist writer and speaker. He wrote about his personal experiences in life in this book. It is considered one of the most influential books from this time period. -
The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War allowed the United States to gain more territory. Many of the Southerners wanted this new territory to allow slavery, while many Northerners did not want slavery. This lead to many debates and conflict about slavery that separated them and lead to the Civil War. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave act was passed on Sep. 13th, 1850 by the United States Congress. It is a part of the Compromise of 1850 "between Southern Slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers" It allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves in the US. It was originally passed in 1793, but was revised in 1850. -
Harriet Tubman(1820-1913)
Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad. She started helping slaves escape in December 1850 when she helped her niece Kessiah and Kessiah children escape. She had a $40,000 bounty on her hear for helping slaves escape. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novle written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that told about the reality of slave life and changed many of the views of people in the North against slavery. This contributed to the fight against slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave popular sovereignty to the Kansas and Nebraska Territories, which meant the people in the territory decided if it allowed slaves or did not allow slaves. The North and South had opposing views which caused conflict that lead to "Bleeding Kansas". All of this conflict was a big factor to the beginning of the Civil War. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri, had appealed to the Supreme Court hoping to be granted his freedom. This caused Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks -slaves as well as free- were not and could never become citizens of the United States. The Supreme Court also declared the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
