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Underground Railroad
was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the help of abolitionists and allies who were helpful to their cause of freedom for blacks. it lasted from 1780s to April 9, 1865 -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 is about if slavery should be aloud in Missouri? The main points are that Missouri wanted to become a slave state because we're already in the state and most people already owned slaves. Another point is that a man named James Tallmadge wanted to remove the slavery that was already in the state. He thought that all slaves that were 25 and older should be freed. he how ever got rejected by the senate by the south. -
Missouri Compromise Part 2
One other point is that Missouri is not a state yet it is only a territory and can’t choose to be free or a slave state. Some other points are, when Missouri becomes a state it chooses to be slave state. But a line was made called the 36/30 line which is located at -
Nat Turner Rebellion
This rebellion happened on August 22 and 23 1839 in Virginia at a town call Ampton. The people that were involved in this rebellion were Nat Turner and many slaves. Nat Turner was a slave on the Travis’s plantation. He was also a preacher and very religious. however he was the leader of a terrible rebellion that had 60-70 slaves that killed 60 plantation families. Nat Turner even killed his own master when he rebelled. -
Nat Turner Rebellion part 2
This rebellion lasted 2 days then eventually the southern militia put a stop to it by sending 3000 troops to capture Nat Turner and the slaves. They eventually capture them and then they hung Nat Turner and most of the slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
was five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850,The compromise was signed in on January 29, 1850
This Compromise stopped a debate of whether territories should be slave or free states that we got from the Mexican-American War. The compromise was written by Henry Clay and by Stephen Douglas debate arose over the Fugitive Slave act. The Compromise was greeted fairly. Although both and south dislikes some things. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This was an act that Stephen Doglas came up with. It said that the states could do “Popular Sovereignty” which meant the states could choose what to do. The Kansas Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854 -
Bleeding Kansas
Happened after the Kansas Nebraska Act. It was an outrage after that act was passed. Southern's would attack Northerns. and Northerns would attack southerns. John brown let an attack at Padawntomic Creek as a realization after southerns raided a abolition’s newspapaer place. Bleeding Kansas happend between may 30 1854-1861 -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was the case that pretty much started the civil war. The case was about a slave that wanted to sue for his freedom. He unfortunately couldn't sue because the supreme court said he wasn't a citizen. they said he was property. He argued this because he went from missouri (which is a slave state) to Illinois (which is a free state) this is why he wanted to argue for his freedom because he spent time in free states. -
Presidential Election of 1860
was the 19th presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. The North had a majority of the electoral votes, making Abraham Lincoln the President with almost no support from the South. Before Lincoln's inauguration, seven slave holding Southern states secede from the United States and formed the Confederacy. This later then started the civil war. -
William Lloyd Garrison-
This man is a famous abolitionist he is the founder of the ainti slavery newspaper “The Liberator”. he also is the founder of the New england Anti-slavery Society. He also promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States.
