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Second Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The second fugitive act was to ensure runaway slaves would be returned to their owners by making it illegal for non-slave owners to keep runaways in their houses. This law only caused more people for the abolition movement. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)
Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin in a book after it was made to be an anti-slavery poster back in 1851. This made people think more about the abolition of slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas (Picture)
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Bleeding Kansas
a small civil war fought between pro-slavery and antislavery advocates for control of new territory over Kansas. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
They discuss allowing territories whether they want to permit slavery in certain areas. Over congress banning the expansion of slavery. -
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
In the Dred Scott decision the U.S. Supreme Court rules that residing in a U.S. territory does not make a slave a freeman, as only a state can bar slavery. This caused tension between the south and the north. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates (Picture
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
a series of seven debates, take place between incumbent Democratic Sen. Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. -
The Arsenal of Harpers Ferry. (1859)
The arsenal of Harpers Ferry is the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown. The raid was intended to be the first stage in an elaborate plan to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia. Brown gets captured by Federal troops, is put to trial, and hung. This caused rage within antislavery. -
Cotton (1860)
Cotton makes up more than half of U.S. exports. (This plays a big part in why the South wants Slaves) -
Lincoln is elected President (1860)
Lincoln is elected, and working towards the abolition of slavery. -
South Carolina + Start of Civil War (1860)
South Carolina is the first to secede from the Union; With them leaving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas join along with them soon. Then eventually the Civil War has begun.