-
This group was promoting the freeing of slaves and giving them more rights.
-
An abolitionist society that was founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. By 1838 this society had over 250,00 members.
-
-
The California Gold Rush was a large movement to the state of California because people wanted to mine gold. So for some time there was a large population boost in California, people were trying to make a living mining gold.
-
A group of five bills that which defused a four year confrontaion between the slave states and free states.
-
There was an issue where the court ruled that all blacks, free or not, were never allowed to become U.S. citizens no matter what. Dred Scott was a slave living in a free state that went to court trying to win his freedom.
-