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Slaves Arrive in America
Slaves began arriving in America in 1619. Not many people owned slaves for a while, but eventually many people did. People ended up fighting for slaves rights and to abolish slavery. -
First Fugitive Slave Act
The first Fugitive slave act was made in 1793 by congress. Fugitive slave acts allowed for runaway slaves in the United States territory to be captured and returned, those helping them could be punished. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was where Missouri and Main wanted to become states. There was a balance of free and slave states.
Congress decided anything south of the compromise line was a slave state, north a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
The wilmot Proviso was created for one purpose. That purpose was to oliminate slavery in the land. The law was passed in 1846 by David Wilmot. -
Compromise of 1850
Five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Due to the lack of coroperation with the first act a second act was passed. This second act called for furhter provisons with runaways and harsher punishment for helping them. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Unlce Tom's Cabin was an important book during the time of slavery. It was written by a woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe. It grabbed many people's attention and made them realize the importance of abolishing slavery. -
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Passed by congress in 1854, it allowed people in the territores of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case
Dred Scott was an enslaved african american who attempted to sue for the freedom of himself, and his family. In Dred Scott VS Sandford the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown was an abolishionest and one of the most intelegent men of his time. On October 16, 1859 him and his supporters raided Harper's ship. He was caught and sentenced to death. -
End of Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas ends. -
Slavery Abolished
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865.
