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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE STRENGTHENS MANUMISSION LAWS FOR FREED SLAVES. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)
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( Gabriel Prosser raises rebellion of 1,000 slaves: 35 slaves executed.(The Growing divide after 1850)
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NEW JERSEY STATE REMOVES VOTING RIGHTS OF BLACK CITIZENS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)
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SLAVE TRADE OUTLAWED BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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CHARLES DESLANDES SPARKS RIOT OF 500 SLAVES NEAR NEW ORLEANS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN GAINS PATENT FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR INVENTION. (Attacking defending slavery) (Attacking)
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DENMARK VESSEY ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPT TO EMPOWER SLAVES NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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Concerned about plots to overthrow slavery in Charleston, South Carolina Arrests Free Blacks. (Slaves and free blacks resistance.)
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Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison begins to publish his newspaper, The Liberator. (Slaves and free blacks resistance)
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LOCAL SLAVE IN VIRGINIA KILLS 57 IN SLAVE REBELLION. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION RESTRICTED FOR ENSLAVED BLACKS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)
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In Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner leads slaves against whites.
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first meeting of the Michigan State Anti-Slavery Society held at the First Presbyterian Church. (Slaves and free blacks resistance)
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NEW LAWS IN OREGON FORCE RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL BLACKS WITH EXCLUSION SERIES. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Defending)
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FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner delivers his antislavery speech, "The Crime Against Kansas." (The growing divide after 1850)
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Sumner delivers his antislavery speech and verbally attacks South Carolina Senator Andrew Pickens Butler. (The growing divide after 1850)
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WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN BISHOP PAIN AND CHURCH. (Attacking and defending slavery) (Attacking)
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules (7 to 2) in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slavery is protected by the Constitution, and that a ban on slavery in the territories is unconstitutional. (The Growing divide after 1850)
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FREE BLACKS IN ARKANSAS WHO REFUSE TO MOVE ARE ENSLAVED
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President James Buchanan tries and fails to admit Kansas as a slave state. (The growing divide after 1850)
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The Democratic Party splits as many southern delegations withdraw from the June Democratic Convention. (The growing divide after 1850)
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Thesis Statement
The major cause of the Civil War was slavery , during the 1850's the north and the south clashed with opinions on how to handle the prospect. The Dred Scott v. Sanford debate over Kansas, Thomas Jefferson effectively helped to give more rights to the slaves, which went against what the southern constitution stood for- effectively resulting in a clash between the two regions. -
Topic Sentences
1.) The Dred Scott v. Sandford debate provoked a rift in the regions on whether or not slavery is constitutional.
2.) Thomas Jefferson helped the slaves in such ways by abolishing the slave trade.
3.) The South defended it's opinion on the role the "peculiar institution."
