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Underground Railroad
In approximately 1780-1862 the Underground Railroad was in full Action. Slaves would attempt to escape from their “owners” by walking at night to freedom. Their goal was to reach canada. They would take pathes like swamps, the Appalachian Mountains, or just simply following the Drinking Gourd. -
Missouri Compromise
On March 3rd, 1820 the congress passed the Missouri Compromise. The compromise balanced out the states. 12 slave states and 12 free states. The North did not agree on Missouri being a slave state. Missouri had the ability to pick free or slave state. The compromise had two parts. Missouri became a slave state after being added to the Union. The 36'30' line was created, splitting the slave and free states.
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Nat Turners Rebellion
In 1831, on August 22nd and 23rd, Nat Turner lead a rebellion in South Ampton, Virginia. The rebellion started on the Travis Plantation, where Turner was a slave. Turner was a young, mysterious, religious man.The slaves scared all white slave owners in the south. 60 plantation owners and their families were killed. 200 slaves were murdered in those 48 hours. The rebellion caused white people to fear blacks. Strict southern laws were made such as slaves can’t learn to read, can’t vote, and ect.. -
Compromise of 1850
On January 29,1850 the authors Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Stephan A. Douglas proposed the Compromise of 1850. Because of this compromise California became a free state. The North received to have no slave trade in Washington D.C.. The South was given the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act was if a slave lived or escaped to the North they could be kidnapped and sent to/back to the South. -
Kansas Nabraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was started by Stephen Douglass in January 4th, 1854. He wanted to make Chicago a railroad hub. This act ended the Missouri Compromise. Douglass was running for president and needed southerners’ votes. To make Chicago a railroad hub, he had to connect the East and West. Kansas and Nebraska would decide to be a free or slave state by popular soveverty. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas happened on May 21, 1855 Started when the Kansas Nebraska Act became law. 1,200 New Englanders went to kansas to fight against slave power. In 1856, southerners looted newspaper offices and homes in Lawrence, Kansas. Later, John Brown led several people to kill outside their houses in Pottawatomie Creek. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case happened on May 6th, 1857. The Supreme Court said “slaves as well s those who were free could never become citizens”. Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri who moved to the free state of Illinois with his owner. He went to the Supreme Court to get his freedom but they ruled against him. Notherens were mad at the case. Abraham Lincoln ran for president and won with no southern votes. Peter Blow payed for Dred Scott to be free. He died a free man. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
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Presidental Election of 1860
Presidential Election of 1860 was ran by a republican, two democrats, and a person from the Constitutional Union. The republican was Abraham Lincoln he won the election with 180 votes. He had very moderate views towards slavery. The first democrat was John Breckinridge. He came in second with a total of 72 votes. Breckinridge wanted slavery to expand. Next is John Brown. He was in the Constitutional Union and he owned multiple slaves. Stephen Douglas was a democrat who thought white people were -
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Abolitionist (William Still)
Born in Burlington County, New Jersey, William Still was a powerful abolitionist. He is a black man who was raised free. He taught himself to read and write. In 1859 he wrote his first letter to the press protesting racial discrimination. In 1867 he published a brief narrative of the struggle for the rights of slaves. Best known for his self published book The Underground Railroad.
