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During this time in history, the farmers of the constitution outlawed slavery both North and West of the Ohio River. This banning is located in Article VI of the Northwest Ordinance.
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In the year 1791, Vermont entered the Union as a free state.
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Following the admission of Vermont, Kentucky also entered the Union, but instead of becoming a free state, Kentucky became a slave state as part of the balancing act.
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The invention of the cotton gin took slavery to a whole new level. As cotton became the cheapest and easiest crop to grow, plantations spread across the South. Soon creating a larger demand for inexpensive labor of enslaved African Americans.
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The Haitian revolution was a big event in the sectional crisis, as it flagged one of its earliest beginnings.
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This purchase of land, more than doubling the size of the United States, soon sparked debates over whether which states would become free, and which would allow slavery.
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Both of these new states joined the Union as free states, but that didn't mean racism was gone. These new places kindred a whole new level of awful white supremacy and unkindness.
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There was a lot of debate over the admission of Missouri, but the government compromised by making Maine a free state, while Missouri became a slave state. The Missouri Compromise became a large turning point within the sectional crisis in America. It really shined a new light on how the slavery issue was growing and changing.
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Democratic politicians wished to unite the nation but avoided the issue of slavery. In fact, they portrayed it as one of America's shared commitments.
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Throughout this time period, both these states entered the Union, but to continue the balancing act, Arkansas joined as a slave state and Michigan as a free one.
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The liberty party was an anti-slavery group that demanded for an end to slavery in the District of Columbia. In the end, they became very hypocritical and weren't very great people.
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This court case ruled that in the battle between Pennsylvania's liberty law and the government fugitive slave act, the slave act beat the liberty law.
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After the Government ruling that the fugitive slave act beat the liberty law, many Northerners rebelled and protested by passing a number of their own liberty laws.
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Over the course of 1845, both Texas and Florida joined the Union as slave states. This soon became a very big concern for the anti-slavery activists. As stated in the article they worried the "crisis had taken an ominous and perhaps irredeemable turn."
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This was a result of the Mexican War, it sent anti-slavery leaders into a rage.
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The Convention consisted of many ex-Democratics and others who all wanted the same thing, for slavery to end.
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This new state entered the Union as a free state, calming some of the built up stress throughout the nation.
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Hoping to keep the Missouri compromise's promises alive, the collection of bills that make up the "Compromise of 1850" were aimed to keep everyone happy but ended up making the sectional crisis worse.
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This new bill wished to undo the Missouri compromise and allow slavery in the west, its outragousness sparked protests all throughout the North.
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Anthony Burns, the 20-year-old former slave, and current preacher was assaulted and captured by slave catchers on May 24, 1854. His arrest signaled once again, more protest and riots. Tension and outrage flooded the country.
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This new novel, written by anti-slavery activist Harriet Beecher Stowe was a huge success in bringing the anti-slavery movement to people's attentions while also sending a powerful message.
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The presidential election of 1856 marked the first year of the Republican Party. Its presence fueled a whole new generation of politicians, including those of Abraham Lincoln and many more.
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The race between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas brought the whole of the sectional crisis to everybody's attention. After Lincoln won, people became very hopeful that the presidential election of 1860 would create the country's first anti-slavery president.
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This election was won by president Abraham Lincoln, who made history by becoming the first anti-slavery president.
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On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln officially became the president of the United State. Soon after, he would send 75,000 soldiers to confront the recent Southern rebelions.
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After years and years of the sectional crisis, slavery, and constant tension, the American Civil War began.
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-https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-africanamericanhistory/chapter/the-sectional-crisis/
-https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-africanamericanhistory/chapter/free-soil-free-labor-free-men/
-https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-africanamericanhistory/chapter/the-crisis-joined/
-https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-africanamericanhistory/chapter/from-sectional-crisis-to-national-crisis/
