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Slaves Arrived in America
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American coloy of Jamestown, Virginia. -
First Fugitive Slave Act
The Congress enacted the first Fugitive slave act and it authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided their Flight -
Slave trade Abolished
The Act of 1807 was made to abloish slave trade -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri COmpromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political revalies triggered byu the request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. The U.S. contained twent-two states evenly divided between salve and free -
Wilmot Proviso
Designed to emilinate slavery within the land acquired as result of the Mexican War. After the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty -
Second Fugitive Slave Act
This added further provision regarding runaway slaves and levied even harsher punishments for interfering in their capture. -
Compromise of 1850
A package of five sparate bills passed by the United States Congress which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexizan- American war -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Pulished
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about anti-slavery and the novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and the book spread really fast. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas or the Border War was a violent political confrontation in the Unties states involving anti-slavery "Free- staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether not to alow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott V. Sandford Court Case
The Supreme Court rules that Americans fo African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could nto 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 Harpers Ferry
John Brown, a stuach abolitionist, and a group of his supporter left their farmhouse hide-out en rought to Harpers Ferry. Brown and his men catured prominent citizens and zeized the federal armory and arsenal.