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admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia led by Nat Turner. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were White. -
a series of rules that forbade the raising, consideration, or discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives
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The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War -
harriet tubman escaped slavery -
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
A book about the cruelties of slavery was published -
territories decide whether to ban slavery or not -
the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between proslavery and antislavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas -
Dred Scott decision, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not a citizen -
a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate -
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia -
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the U.S.