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Slave Code
These were laws relating to slavery and enslaved people -
Missouri Compromise
United states federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery -
Compromise of 1850
The fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington D.C was abolished -
Soloman Northup
Wrote a book about how he helped slaves escape in the underground railroad -
Nebraska Act
The Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri compromise that created 2 new territories -
Bleeding Kansas
A series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory -
Dred Scot
A family of slaves who ended up being freed -
John Brown
John Brown killed slave owners to help other slaves -
Southern State Secedes
Stated the eventually formed the confederate states of America -
Fort Sumter
This was a battle before the confederate army existed