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1846 Wilmot Proviso
Congressman David Wilmot first introduced the Proviso in the United States House of Representatives on August 8, 1846 as a rider on a $2,000,000 appropriations bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican–American War. -
1848 Free-Soil Party
A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery. The party leadership consisted of former anti-slavery. Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories -
1849 President Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States (1849–1850) and an American military leader. Taylor was the last President to hold slaves while in office. He was also the second and also last Whig to win a presidential election. -
The compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850 Which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. The compromise drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
Fugitive slave act 1850
The fugitive slave law was a way to capture slaves. From the compromise of 1850. The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850 -
1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. -
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 Stat. Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement. It had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820.This would allow these territories to decide slavery through popular Sovereignty. -
1856 John C. Fremont
John Charles Frémont was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate. He supported the anti-slavery. He was the first anti-slavery. -
1856 Senator Charles Sumner Speech
Charles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts. He was also a Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, working to punish the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the Freedmen. -
1856 James Buchanan
James Buchanan, Jr. English pronunciation was the 15th President of the United States.
He is the only president from Pennsylvania. The only president who remained a lifelong bachelor
