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In the 1700s,the Southerners wroteslaves codes to prevent something they dreaded the most, the slave rebellion. Some of them were, they were prohibited slaves from assembling in large groups and they also could not leave thier master's property without a pass.
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In 1800, Gabriel Posser planned a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia and planned to massacre whites, but was held up due to a storm.
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In 1808, Congress outlawed the slave trade, but slavery still remained in the Southern States, no new slaves could enter the United States.
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In 1831, Nat Turner led a group on a violent rampage in Southeren County, Virginia, and this lead to him killing 55 whites. The consequence of this action led to Nat Turner being hanged and more severe slave codes.
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In 1838, Fedrick Douglas, he escaped from slavery and joined the Massachuesetts Anti-Slavery Society and traveled widely to adress abolinist meetings.
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In 1839 president John Quincy Adams proposed a constitutional amendment that provided for the abolition of slavery.
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In 1850 Harriet Tubman made the underground railroad, she escaped then later on she helped other enslaved people.
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Fugitive slave acts were past by the United States congress in September 18, 1850.Declared that all run away slaves were to be returned to their master. It was nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law" because of how they tracked down slaves.
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The thirteenth amendement officially abolished slavery, except in Delware and Kentcuky everywhere else in the US slaves had been freed by state action and the federal government's Emancipation Proclamation.
