eric- antebellum

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    Antebellum

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion

    A free slave Nat Turner killed 60 white people
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    Wilmot Proviso

    Outlawed slavery in new territories aquired by the US
  • missuri compromise

    missuri compromise

    Broke the free states from the slave states
  • The mexican war ending

    The mexican war ending

    The government didnt know what to make all the new territories aquired.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    prevented exspansion of free territories and strengthened the Fugitive slave act.
  • underground railroad

    underground railroad

    series of safehouses that led to canada for escaped slaves.
  • release of UNcle Toms Cabin

    release of UNcle Toms Cabin

    Stowe released the novel that changed americas view on slavery.
  • political party splits

    political party splits

    the whig party plits into 2 parts one that favors the Fugitive Slave act and one tha does not
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    Kansas became a hot-bed for pro/anti violence
  • Dredd scott decision

    Dredd scott decision

    free slave who sued his owner for keeping him as a slave
  • Abraham lincln was elected to office

    Abraham lincln was elected to office

    an anti slavery president was elected