A History of Slavery in the United States

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    History of Slavery in the United States

  • the middle passage

    the middle passage

    It was a triangular trade which forcibly transported millions of dark skinned and was part of the Atlantic slave trade, it changed the world by giving America an enormous work force and brought money to the slave traders.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    It was created to forever prohibit slavery expansion, by admitting that Missouri is a slave state, it changes history by not letting slavery expand to other states.
  • the underground rail road

    the underground rail road

    It was an underground tunnel that helped enslaved people to escape, Isaac T. hopper helped start the underground rail road, it changes history because it helped one hundred thousand slaves escape which cost the slave owners money.
  • Nat Turner’s Rebellion

    Nat Turner’s Rebellion

    It was a rebellion that was lead by nat turner to attack back on their slave masters, it changes history by seeing how people can rebel and how dangerous they can be.
  • Fugitive Slave Clause

    Fugitive Slave Clause

    It was a law that required that slaves return to their slave owners even if they where free, this changes history because now slaves leaving their owners was useless and there was no point on escaping unless you want to hide the rest of your life.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    It was made because it allowed the united States to expand it territory if they accepted California state, this changed history because California was rich in gold, so this means that America was able to upgrade its economy.
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    It showed how bad slavery can be and how it can affect people by showing how tom was ripped from his home and wife and children because he was being sold, it changes history because Northerners heard this and where choosing between ending slavery.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

    Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

    This act allowed people in Kansas Nebraska territories to decide if slavery is allowed within there borders, it affected history because it was part on starting civil war because it raised the possibility that slavery could expand to there territories where once it had been banned.
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case

    Dread Scott was an African American who did not win the freedom for himself, his wife, and his two daughters, he sued because he he was taken from a free state so he sued his master for his freedom, on the fact that he has lived as a resident on a free state, this changed history because when he sued the supreme court compromised it as unconstitutional, and said that they had no power to forbid slavery on territories.
  • John Brown’s Raid

    John Brown’s Raid

    John Brown raided the military arsenal with a small group of people in hopes to start a fire on the slave uprising, it changed history in a big way because it was one of the reason the American civil war happened.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    It was made to free enslaved africans in rebellious states, and for Lincoln to encourage African Americans to fight the war, it changes history by finally freeing slaves and treating them equal.

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