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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad had various routes that ended up leading to the North and later to Canada. The Underground Railroad ended when the Civil War ended because by the end of the Civil War slavery was abolished and there was no use for the Underground Railroad. -
Missouri Comprimise
The Missouri Comprimise was in 1820 and it added two more states. Maine came in as a free state and Missouri came in as a slave state.when Missouri came in as a slave state that angered the Northerners because Missouri is above the 36'30 line and anything above the 36'30 line was a free state. congress passed the comprimise on March 3rd of 1820. It was passed after months of debate. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nats Turner’s Rebellion was about a slave named Nat Turner who was a religious man and he considered himself a preacher. It took place in Southampton, Virginia.On August 22 Nat Turner gathered 60 to 70 slaves, him and 60 others went and killed 60 slave owners including their family all in the period of 48 hours. After the rebellion the slaves including Nat were arrested, tried, found guilty, and executed. A lawyer of the south said that he made a book of Nat’s confessions but no one knows if it -
Nat Turners Rebellion Part 2
A lawyer of the south said that he made a book of Nat’s confessions but no one knows if it's true or not. Nat Turner’s Rebellion changed the way blacks were treated in the south. -
Frederick Douglass
Franklin Douglass was born in February of 1818 he was a black man and was a slave. Douglass escaped from his plantation in 1838. After Douglass escaped he made an abolitionist newspaper called “The North Star”. -
Comprimise of 1850
The Comprimise of 1850 found a solution to the North and the South conflict. though it did not last for long because later on the civil war would start. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was about Kansas and whether or not it would be free or slave. Bleeding Kansas was full of murders and raids all throughout Kansas. The Tension in Kansas began when the bill became law. Free soilers were committed to keeping the territory free and not slave -
Kansas Nebraska act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was made by Stephen Douglass so he could get southern votes so he could become president. The act was made for states to decide whether they wanted to be slave or free states. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott case was on March 6th, 1857. A man named Dred Scott was a slave who appealed to the supreme court because he was living in the free state of Illinois. After ten years the supreme court said that he was still considered a slave. Plus according to the ruling Scott wasn’t allowed to sue because he was not considered a citizen. -
The Raid On Harpers Ferry
The Raid On Harpers Ferry happened on October 16th of 1859. Harpers Ferry was a military arsenal. A man named John Brown attacked the arsenal with a group of people. John was captured and was hung for treason. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The presidential election of 1860 was on November 6th 1860. It was between Breckinridge, Sthephan Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Bell. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning the election with no southern votes.
