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1803 Louisiana purchase Congress was compelled to establish a policy to guide expansion of slavery into the new Western territory.
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In august of 1831, a slave named Nat Turner incited an uprising that spread through several plantations in southern Virginia.
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Was a piece of legislation proposed by David Wilmot ( D-FS-RPA) at the close of Mexican war.
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Admitted California as a free state or did not regulate slavery in the remainder of the Mexican cession all while strengthening the fugitive slave act.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s fictional exploration of slave life was a cultural sensation. Northerners felt as their eyes had been opened up to the horrors of slavery.
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Of 1854 established Kansas and Nebraska as territories and set the stage for “bleeding kansas”
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Was a Virginia slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court. The case eventually rose to the level of Supreme Court.
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In the campaign that followed Lincoln and Douglas engaged in seven public debates across the state of Illinois,
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John brown supported violent actions against the south to end slavery and played a major role in starting a civil war.
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On Apirl 12 1861, confederate warships turned back the supply convoy to fort sumter and opened a 34- hour bombardment on the strong hold the garrison surrendered on Apirl 15