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Underground Railroad 1
The Underground Railroad was a secret network of people helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada or the northern states. The Underground Railroad also consisted of secret routes that slave catchers from the south didn't know of, the abolitionists( people against slavery) Helped the slaves by coming up with a secret language that only the slaves and the abolitionists knew. For an example one of the terms was packages which were runaway slaves. -
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Underground Rail road 2
People also help to run aways by helping them find the roots and other ways to get to the north. One of the ways to help slaves get to the north was to teach them the song Follow The Drinking Gourd. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was the most well known and respected abolitionist. He was a free black cat ran away from his plantation. he was known for his powerful anti slavery speeches. Wrote an autobiography called the narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass an American slave. he also created antislavery newspaper called the North Star. Abraham Lincoln referred to him as the most noble man of the 19th century. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise started when the south wanted to receive Missouri and have it join the union as a slave state. In so the north and south needed to Come up with a deal that was equal for both sides free and slave. -
Missouri Compromise
In doing so they came up with the Missouri Compromise, that gave the North a 36’,30’ line Separating free states from the slave states and ensuring that above the 36’,30’(only in the Louisiana Territory) line all states would be free, the North also got Main to join as a free state. The South got Missouri to join the union as a slave state. At the end of this compromise the South didn't get what they wanted: an unequal balance between free states and slave states turning in their favor. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
The rebellion started on August 22 1831 and ended on August 23 1831. The rebellion started when Nat Turner put a group together of 60-70 slaves and ambushed 60 plantation families starting with the Travis plantation, where Turner was a slave. Turner and his group moved to different plantations leaving destruction every where they went. Some slaves would protect their masters from Turners group. 3,000 troops were sent for Turner and his group and was eventually caught. -
Nat Turners Rebelion
Most of the slaves got a trial and were found guilty. When Turner was caught and pronounced guilty he was hung for his actions. -
Compromise of 1850
During the compromise of 1850 the United States gained the territory that they gained during the Mexican American War, the war created the compromise of 1850. Compromise consisted of laws saying that California was a free state, it also created Utah and New Mexico with the question if they're going to be slave states or free states. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1
Stephen Douglas first came out of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to get north and south supporters. He proclaimed the Kansas-Nebraska Act so people in a territory can decide to be free or slave. Douglas did that because he wanted to run for president. When he passed the Kansas Nebraska Act he raised the dangerous issue of slavery in the territories by removing the 36’ 30’ line. Douglas at this would be a peaceful bill what was wrong about the peaceful vote in the territories. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act 2
The reason Douglas Thought this would be peaceful vote because he thought the South wouldn't want it because you can't grow cotton there. Once the settlers found out about this they rebelled that led to Bleeding Kansas. -
Bleeding Kansas
On May 21st John Brown lead several New Englanders and roused five men killed them in front of their families. This started by whether or not Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Browns killings led to a summer of murderous raids and lootings in Kansas. The blood shed moved to the nation's capital when Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane. This violence is what gave Kansas its nickname-Bleeding Kansas. -
Dred Scott Case
The dred scott case all started when dred scott(a slave)was taken to a free state. he stated that since he was taken to a free state he was a free man, so he took it to court. this case lasted 11 years before the supreme court stated that dred scott was a slave and in being a slave he was property and an owner of property could take his property anywhere the owner went. In saying this the supreme court took away the missouri compromise that took away the 36’30’ line. -
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
On October 16th 1859 John Brown put together and are” army” of 21 men. After sundown John Brown left a farm in western Maryland. When Brown and his men got to Harper ferry they seized an armory and Arsenal and took 60 hostages. Brown only killed 10. When John Brown failed he was convicted of murder and treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia and was killed. -
Election of 1860 2
Douglas thought that whites were superior to blacks and that slavery should continue. John Breckinridge was a democrat that when he ran he carried the votes from the South. He thought that slavery should continue and expand into the territories(the opposite of Lincoln). John Bell was a member of the Constitutional Union and when he ran for president he held the votes for Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. He thought that slavery should continue probably because he was a slave holder. -
Election of 1860 3
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Election of 1860 1
Some of the people who ran in the election of 1860 was Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, John Bell, and of course Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a republican that when he ran for president he held the votes for the northern states, Oregon, and California. Abraham Lincoln had moderate views on slavery that meant he did not want to get rid of it but didn’t want it to expand. Stephen Douglas was a democrat and when he ran for president he only held Missouri and a half of New Jersey.
