Slavery

By Elijah, H

  • The Start

    The Start
    Slaves were first introduced into America

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    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.

  • Slave Trade is Over

    Slave Trade is Over
    The Slave trade is abolished.

  • Missori Compromise

    Missori Compromise
    Proslavery and Anti - slavery was starting to get angery at each other and tention was building.

  • Dred Scott

    Dred Scott
    Dred Scott V.S Sanford, Supreme court case about Dred Scott's rights.

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    After the Mexican war, there was an agreement to stop fighting called the Compromise of 1850.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin was published.

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso
    The Wilmot Proviso was going to use the land from the Mexican war to attempt to destroy slavery.

  • Kansas - Nebraska Act

    Kansas - Nebraska Act
    People within the state should decide if there will be slavery within the state.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    This was a period of violence while setting up the Kansas territory.

  • John Brown's Rain on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown's Rain on Harper's Ferry
    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.