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Slaves were first introduced into America
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These laws let people go and get their slaves from other free states if the slave had run away. The second part of the law let the punishment for helping a slave be even greator.
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The Slave trade is abolished.
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Proslavery and Anti - slavery was starting to get angery at each other and tention was building.
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Dred Scott V.S Sanford, Supreme court case about Dred Scott's rights.
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After the Mexican war, there was an agreement to stop fighting called the Compromise of 1850.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published.
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The Wilmot Proviso was going to use the land from the Mexican war to attempt to destroy slavery.
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People within the state should decide if there will be slavery within the state.
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This was a period of violence while setting up the Kansas territory.
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John Brown attacked or "raided" Harper's Ferry to try to get free slave strongholds. He was captured during the fight and the battle had ended. John was execuited for trying to overpower a military stronghold.
