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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise set a border of free and slave states between the latitudes 36°30'. Illinois Democratic senator, Stephen Douglas proposed to organize territories west of his house under "doctrine of popular sovernity", which violated the Missouri Compromise. New Georgia Encyclopedia -
Henry McNeal Turner
Born in 1834, Henry M. Turner an African American lived in South Carolina since his birth. Turner was never a slave and his paternal Grandmother was white and owned a plantation. New Georgia Encyclopedia -
Alexander Stephens
Alexander Stephens said that, " no man constitutionally chosen to a high office can justify any state to separate from the Union". Alexander Stephens was the VP of the Confederacy during the Civil War in 1861-65. New Georgia Encyclopedia -
Gettyburg
In 1863, Robert E. Lee launched a second invasion towards the North causing a bloody battle. The Gettysburg defeat had the South thinking about a peace negotiation. Mystatehistory.org -
Andersonville
Biggest prisoner jail in 1864 located in Georgia lead by the Confedarcy. The camp started off called camp Sumter but was later changed to Andersonville, which was located in Macon County. New Georgia Encyclopedia -
13th Amendment
In 1865, the 13th amendment offically abolished slavery in any state of America still to this day. Govenor James Johnson signed a joint resolution ratifying the 13th amendment to our U.S. Constitution. GeorgiaInfo
