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Slaves Arrive In America
Dutch ships arrive in the harbor of the British Colony in Jamestown, Virginia. The ships contained 20 African slaves that had been captured. -
Congress Abolishes Slave Trade
The Congress passed a law saying that no more slaves could be taken from other countries.This act caused tension between the North and the South. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise, also know as the Compromise of 1820, was an attempt to balance the number of free and slave states. This act said that Missouri was to enter as a slave state, and Maine was to enter as a free state. -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was a law that suggested that slavery should be banned in the territory that the United States received from Mexico during the Mexico War. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise proposed by Henry Clay as an attempt to seek peace between the North and the South. This compromise enacted the Fugitive Slave Act allowing slave owner to recapture escaped slaves anywhere in the US, but it also abolished slave trade in Washington D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Acts
The Fugitive Slave Acts, nicknamed the Bloodhound Acts, were a pair of acts saying that escaped slaves could be tracked down by their master anywhere within the US. The second part of it stated that anyone caught helping the escapees would be severely punished. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a runaway slaves and about the cruelty of slavery. This book helped abolitionists establish a stronger foothold in the anti-slavery movement. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The was an act passed allowing the states of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not slavery was to be allowed. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case
This was a landmark case that preceded in the Supreme Court. A slave, Dred Scott, sued for his, his wife's, and his two daughters' freedom from slavery. The Supreme Court ruled against him and he remained a slave. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
The was a raid led by armed abolitionists trying to free and arm slaves. They were took over a US arsenal in Virginia. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was a time of political war just before the Civil War because Kansas entered the US as a free state.
