civil war causes

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
    The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that kept the Slaves that escaped to the North were to be captured and sent back to the south, this law was passed in 1850.
  • Attack on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown was a crazy abolitionists who believed slaves should fight for their freedom, had a plan to capture all the weapons at the army base in Harpers Ferry, Virginia and give them to the slaves