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Debate where slavery can occur.
Missouri- slave state
Maine- Free state
36’ 30’’ line- Determined the slave states in the United States. -
Compromise
California- free state
Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico
Slavery decided by popular sovereignty
Slave trade ended in Washington D.C.
Fugitive Slave Law
Settled disputes between New Mexico and Texas -
Compromise of 1850
Required citizens to catch runaway slaves- if not, fined $1000 or jail up to 6 months
Judges- $10 return a slave; $5 free a slave
Free black slaves captured and became slaves again
North didn't approve of Fugitive Slave Law -
Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Told stories of slavery and showed how awful it is
Led North against slavery and South to deny the truth -
Divide Kansas and Nebraska
Slavery decided by Popular Sovereignty
Violence in Senate
Pro-slavery vs Anti-slavery
North believes this violates the Missouri Compromise -
Violence in Kansas
John Brown and 4 sons kidnapped and murdered 4 pro-slavery men by the grace of God. -
Slave in free territory
Owner moved back with him to slave state and died
Abolitionist lawyer filed lawsuit for Scott and lost at the Supreme Court bc he is "property not a citizen" with no right to file and slavery was not banned
Repealed Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery in all states -
Lincoln v Douglass
Douglass- slavery by popular sovereignty
Lincoln- ban slavery for all territories and warned nation would fall apart with the debate of slavery -
John Brown
5 blacks 13 whites to Harper's Ferry
raid arsenal and slave revolt
Men died and Brown arrested by Robert E Lee
Brown guilty of murder and treason; sentenced to death by hanging
Martyr -
Lincoln v Douglass
Lincoln elected
South believed North had too much power and talked about leaving the Union