Civil War Timeline from the Southern perspective- Joey Cortes, Alex Viruet , Giovanni cutri
By SchroederJ
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Eli Whitney- invented of the cotton gin. This made the production of cotton thrive and thus more slaves were needed to keep up with the demand
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Uncle tom's cabin was published on March 20th 1852. The book impacted the north in a positive way. in the south it was against the law to buy the book.
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he Supreme Court heard the second arguments of the case.
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Chief Justice Taney stated that Negroes were not citizens. Living in free states did not make Dred Scott a free man. The court declared that the provision that permitted Congress to prohibit slavery in the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
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Irene Emerson married a man that opposed slavery, John Sanford died, and Irene rEmerson returned Dred Scott and his family to the Blow family. The Blow family freed Dred Scott and his family.
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Brown met with Fredrick Douglass and tried to convince him to come with him at Harpers Ferry.
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Brown and 21 other men attack Harpers Ferry, but are not succesful.
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Brown was hanged and killed.
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The major cause of the civil war
was the southern rebels attacking first by firing the first shot
