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Missouri Compromise
In 1819, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and Anti-slavery within the U.S. congress across the country. Missouri requested for admission to the union as a slave state, and that threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. -
Fugitive Slave Act/Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18th, 1850. It required that all slaves that escaped were returneed to their masters once escaped, there were "Bloodhound" dogs that chased the slaves down, as the abolitionist like to call them. The underground railroad was used by people of the african decent that have escaped and help the enslaved africans to escape. Harriet Tubman was the union spy behind it all. -
Uncle Tom's Cabbin
Uncle Tom's Cabbin was a novel published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe based on a man named Uncle Tom, a long suffering black slave who overcame slavery. This novel is made to show the suffering of the slaves and how christianity can destroy the enslavement of negroes. Uncle Tom's Cabbin was the best selling novel in the 19th century behind the Bible. -
Dred Scott Decision
A landmark decision that was made by the U.S. Supreme court that stated that African Americans could not be american citizens whether they were free or not. This decision was named after a slave named Dred Scott that wanted to sue for his freedom. -
The Election of 1860
In 1860, all of the Democrats met in South Carolina to select their candidate for president for the upcoming election. Northern Democrats felt that Stephen Douglas had the best chance to defeat all black republicans and they were not too fond of him. The southern democrats considered douglass a traitor for chosing not to have slavery, Douglas ended getting elected because southern democrats did not end up taking a vote. -
Southern Secession
The southern secession began shortly after the civil war on December 20th, 1860 and continued until June 8th, 1861 when the eleven states in the lower and upper south served their ties with the union. The first seven states of the lower south set up a provisional government in Alabama, and many states joined along with this and adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states -
John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
John Brown was a commited abolitionist who absolutely despised slavery and did everything he could do to stop it. In 1856, John Brown started a war that was later named "Bleeding Kansas" or "Bloody Kansas". It was a term used to describe the violence trying to settle in Kansas Territory. John Brown gathered up anti-slavery fighters to try to get the land. -
Abolitionist Movement
Abolition is a movement to end slavery and it ended slavery and set slaves free to live on their own. Members of the abolitionist movement included John Brown, Lysander Spooner, Samuel Seawall, William Lloyd, and many others. The leader of abolitionism was Maximilien Robespierre, he abolished slavery in France and all of its colonies.
