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Harriet Tubman who was an escaped slave returned to free many more slaves.
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The Compromise of 1850 was intended to settle disagreements between slave states and free states.
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The compromise of 1850 admits California a free state.
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It was a law apart of the Compromise of 1850 designed to make sure that escaped slaves would return into bondage.
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Uncle Toms Cabin finally got published.
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After election, free soil party and the Whig party dissolves. Two party system is in disarray
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The Kansas Nebraska Bill passes, largely thanks to Democratic senator Stephen Douglas.
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The U.S Supreme Court rules taht slavery is protected by the Contitution, and that a ban of slavery in the territories is unconstitutional.
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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in a series of fiery debates.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States, trys to abolish slavery creating tension between North and South.
