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Antebellum Period
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, fled north and found refuge in New York. There, he made a newspaper called the North Star, referencing how escaped slaves would use the north star to guide them to freedom. This newspaper was an abolitionist item. -
End of Mexican-American War
The end of the Mexican War with the US marked a start to the huge debate as to whether or not the new territory should have slavery ingrained. This ended in the addition of texas as a slave state, and two territories allowing voters to decide on slavery, further continuing the terrors of slavery. -
Harriet Tubman and her Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery around 1849, and proceeded to lead a slave rescuing movement called the Underground Railroad. She and many others made missions deep into the south to save slaves from their owners.f -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 furthered the horrors of slavery by amending the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing escaped slaves to be captured on their way to freedom in the north. This also made helping escaped slaves illegal. This compromise also admitted California as a free state, which was good for slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this novel described the life of a slave and its horrors. This novel became extremely popular and sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and is said to have set the grounds for the civil war. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote within themselves as to have slavery or not. This broke the Missouri Compromise which didn't allow slavery above a certain longitude -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a time where Kansas had two governments where one wanted slavery and one didn't. This disagreement led to a civil war within Kansas and the death of over 200 people -
Dred Scott Case
This case that was brought to the supreme court was over whether or not Dred Scott should be a slave, as his owner died and wanted his freedom. It was decided that he should remain a slave, and that all slaves were not people so they had no rights. -
South Carolina Secession
South Carolina Secedes from the union, to protect the rights that they thought they should have, such as the ability to own slaves. -
Abraham Lincoln
The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln marked a victory for those who wanted to end slavery. Lincoln stated that he was neither for or against it, although he preferred the removal of slavery
