Gillian/ Antebellum

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The south gets the fugitive slave law which they agreed on. This was proposed by Henery Clay. So North get s called as a free slave state which made this compromise they had some slave free states.
  • Daniel Webster

    Daniel Webster
    Endorces Henry Clay's Compromise and believed slavery should not be extended into territories.
  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    There is no exact date to when it happened but slaves can not have trial by jury. can not test on their own be half. Anyone helping slaves would be fined and jailed.
  • Kansas Act

    Kansas Act
    Published the idea of popular sover eignty = right to vote slavery. This took place in Nebraska.
  • Harriet Beacher Stowe

    Harriet Beacher Stowe
    Contro vertal anti-slavery novel and made people realize the bad things slavery caused. Published uncle toms cabin.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    This was for the the race to get the majority in Kansas. Pro slavery forces win the majority in Kansas. Rgw
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman
    She freed 300 slaves. Became a conductor of the underground railroads. She did escape slavery to become a leading abolishment but she used the underground railroad to free the slaves.
  • John Brown

    John Brown
    He was anti slavery and fanatic. He committed the pottawatomie creek massacre.
  • Dred Scott vs Sanford

    Dred Scott vs Sanford
    There was not a exact date of when it happened .This was with the court would slaved or enslaved are american citizens so was they could not sue in federal courts. and government had no say in slavery.
  • Abraham Licoln Becomes President

    Abraham Licoln Becomes President
    He got 40 percent of the votes for the election and was the first republican to become president. He beat Douglas in the election leading up to the civil war.