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An effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
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was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people -
Series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery
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Prohibited the extension of slavery into the territories.
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In 1849 she heard that she would be sold to a new owner farther south, she decided to escape her life as an enslaved person. She helped man people escape and they fled to Canada where there was freedom. -
Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, was abolished.
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Uncle Tom had a dream where he was whipped to death. -
warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, -
Scott went to court to win his freedom, arguing that his stay in Wisconsin had made him a free man.
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final debate between Senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
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He wanted slaves to be free and raided an ammunition store so the slaves could defend themselves -
United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election