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The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was a mechanism that removed seeds from the cotton fiber. The mechanism was invented by a man named Eli Whitney. The Cotton Gin caused for a larger demand of slavery. -
Quakers
Isaac Hopper, an American Abolitionist. He was known as the “father” of the Underground Railroads and began helping fugitive slaves. -
The Act of Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
The United States created a federal law that states that no new slaves were allowed to be imported into the United States. This took effect in 1808. Although they were banned from being imported, they were smuggled continuously. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise declared Maine as a slave free state and Missouri as a salve state. This allowed for a balance between the South and North states. Along with this Compromise slavery was prohibited north of 36*30’ parallel. -
The Liberator
The Liberator was an abolitionist newspaper, published in Boston by William Lloyd and Isaac Knapp. It was to persuade its readers to support the freeing of slaves -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroads were first mentioned to the public when the slave Tice Davids escaped from Kentucky to Ohio. His owner then blamed the system of Underground Railroads. The Underground Railroads were a network of secret routes and buildings established in the United States to help escape slaves. It was in continuous use until 1850. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society was established. It was under leadership of William Lloyd Garrison and had a goal to rid of slavery altogether. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a well known American abolitionist. She was born into slavery and later escaped in 1849. She later became one of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroads, leading around 70 slaves to freedom. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was revised from the Act of 1793. It was passed by the US Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850. This Act allowed for any African American to be accused of being a runaway and could be captured. They also were not allowed to testify on their own behalf or permitted a trial by jury. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was the resolution to the division of slavery among the new land gained from the Mexican-American War. It was proposed by Henry Clay of Kentucky. The state California was prohibited from slavery and the new territories known as Utah and New Mexico would have their slavery based on popular sovereignty. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This allowed for the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska chose whether or not to become slave or non-slave states among popular sovereignty. The obtaining of this land caused for an outbreak between pro-slavery and anti-slavery leading to the event called “Bleeding Kansas” -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
It was a US Supreme Court decision that blacks, either slaves or free, did not have the right to being a citizen. Along with denying them the right to sue and other civil rights. It therefore made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. -
Civil war
It was a Civil War between the South and the North. It mainly began because of the controversy of pro-slavery and anti-slavery opinions. -
President Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the Untied States. He led the nation through the civil war until his assassination. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves within rebellious states shall be free. It did not do to much to freeing slaves with the limits it had. It transformed the looks onto war and the Union. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment caused for slavery to be abolished in the United States from the US Constitution.
