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Slaves arriving in America
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco -
Fugitive Slave Acts (2 of them)
the first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. Widespread resistance to the 1793 law later led to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which added further provisions regarding runaways and levied even harsher punishments for interfering in their capture. -
Missouri Compromise
A compromise between abolitionists and slave owners over the admission of Missouri as a slave state. the addition was strongly opposed, and the Tallmadge Amendment was proposed to ease tension. This proposed the eventual emancipation of the slaves in Missouri and the end of its slave statehood. This was disliked by the south and eventuall an compromise was made admitting Missouri as the last slave state in the US and admitting Maine as a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso, one of the major events leading to the Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession. This was an attempt to end negotiation about slavery spreading, it passed in congress but failed in the senate. Slavery was not negotiated until the "Comprimise of 1850" -
Compromise of 1850
Admitted California as a Free state. Everything that was to be gained from Mexio was to be declared free. Fugitive Slave Law was a part of the comprimise of 1850. Under the fugitive Slave law everybody who comes in contact with a slave is immediately deputized and must turn the slave in to the authorities or the will have to pay a fine or go to jail. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852. This book was an account to slavery. It made a huge impact in society because this was one of the first widely know books written by a women. It was used in the abolition movement and the book soon became a household name. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1861. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott V Sanford
Dred Scott, a runaway slave from the south, escaped into the north after running away from his owner. After entering the anti-slavery zone, he was captured by bounty hunters sent by his ex-master. Abolitionists fought over his freedom, saying that since he entered an area where slavery was abolished, he should be free. The supreme court ruled in favor of the slaver and Dred Scott was hauled back to a plantation in the south. -
John Brown's Raid
A failed attempt to start an armed slave revolt by attacking a US arsenal at Harper's Ferry. John Brown was a radical aboltionist who was later hanged after being captured. The raid was defeated by a small detachment of US Marines. -
The end of Slavery
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. The necessary number of states ratified it by December 6, 1865.
