Slav

Slavery

By owenboatright
  • First Slaves Arrive in America

    First Slaves Arrive in America

    This was when the very first part of slave trade started.
  • Fugitive Slave Act 1

    Fugitive Slave Act 1

    This act allowed slave owners and agents to search for escaped slaves in free states.
  • Slave Trade Banned

    Slave Trade Banned

    This was the date that the African Slave Trade was banned. The act did not become effective until this date.

  • Missouri Compromise

    This was the agreement. that decided that the North states would be free states and the Southern states would be slave states.
  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso was a man that proposed an American Law to ban slavery.
  • Fugitive Slave Act 2

    Fugitive Slave Act 2

    The second Fugitive Slave Act allowed runaway slaves to be recaptured and returned back to their owners.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    When California entered the US they wanted to enter as a Union state, but that would upset the balance of free states and slave states. As a result, we compromised.
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

    Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", to promote anti-slavery. The book was very popular.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    This act allowed the people within the states of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  • Dred Scott vs Sanford Supreme Court Case

    Dred Scott vs Sanford Supreme Court Case

    This was when a slave tried to go to court for his freedom. The court did not let the slave have its freedom though.
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

    John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

    John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry was an effort to have an armed slavery revolt.
  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas

    A border war that decided if Kansas was going to be a free or slave state.