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Underground Railroad
A quaker, named Isaac T. Hopper, started a system that was used for hiding and helping run away slaves. The safest and best time to escape was in the spring, and the first day of spring is March 20, so thats when most slaves ran away in 1787. The end of slavery, and the reason to not run away, was when the 13th amendment was passed. The 13th amendment ended slavery, and ended the need for slaves to run away. The Underground Railroad was a passage from the south to the north to free slaves. -
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With abolitionists to help along the way like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, run away slaves hid in houses, barns, basements, and almost anything they could fit into to hide. Harriet Tubman, also known as Moses, made 19 trips back to the south to help run away slaves north to freedom. Other abolitionists like Left Foot, Peg Foot made markings on trees showing slaves the way north. Although many slaves made it to freedom, many slaves were caught, forced back south, and beat by their owner -
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born a slave on February 14, 1818. Douglass was sold to another plantation in Baltimore to the Auld Family. Twelve years later, now age 21, Douglass escaped by boat to freedom. He wrote "The North Star", and was a stationmaster on the Underground Railroad where he housed run away slaves. He spoke publicly about slavery using biblical passages to help his cause. He died at age 77 on February 20, 1895. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise, also known as the compromise of 1820, was an act passed by Congress on March 3, 1820, granting Missouri as a slave state. The North and South both agreed that property north of the 36' 30' line would be free, and property south would be slave states. Maine was then later admitted as a free state, equaling out the balance between slave and free states, twelve each -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave on the Travis Plantation, led 70 slavesin a revolt in Southhampton County, Virginia on August 22, 1831. In the rebellion, 57 whites, including women and children, were killed in 48 hours. Feeling threatened after the rebellion,white slave owners cut the heads of black slaves off and set them beside the road as a warning not to rebell again. -
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what to do with the land won from the Mexican American War. This compromise angered a lot of northerners because of the fugitive slave act. This seemed like a good idea at first, but in the end, was a terrible idea. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was passed on October 27,1850. This compromise had five main parts to it. One of the parts was that California could join as a free state. The second one was the fugitive slave act was passed, giving slave owners the right to get their run away slaves back. The third one was the border of Texas was determined, it would now be the Rio Grande River. Next, it stated that there would be no slave trade in Washington D.C., but you could still own slaves there. Lastly it decided -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was proposed on January 4, 1854 by Stephen Douglass. This act stated states should use popular sovereignty to decide wether each state would be free or slave. Popular Sovereignty is when the people choose for themselves. It also stated that it should forget about the 36' 30' line. This idea outraged the Northerners and angered them. The Southerners like the idea of having slave states north of the 36' 30' line. Stephen Douglas was running for president and needed both -
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North and South votes to win. He was wrong about having a peacefull vote in territories. This act later led to Bleeding Kansas, and a war in the new terrirory. -
Bleeding Kansas part 2
Bleeding Kansas was indeed a mini civil war, that ended when Kanas was added as a free state on January 29, 1861. The anti-slavery, free soilers, won just before the start of the Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas
The start of "Bleeding Kansas" was May 21, 1856, when a group of pro-slavery men attacked a town in Lawrence. John Brown, a anti-slavery supporter, attacked a pro-slavery group, and helped on the attack at Harpers Ferry. Bleeding Sumner was a result from the attack. Charles Sumner was beat by Preston Brooks with his won cane. Sumner was sitting at his desk in the senate reading mail when Brooks attacked. Sumner returned to the Senate 4 years later, but never fully recovered from the attack. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was born a slave in Virginia in 1799. He married Harriet Robinson, another slave. The Scott's were hired to work for the widow of Dr. Emerson. They later attempted to sue for their freedom from slavery and forced labor. Mrs. Emerson won the first time, but Dred appealed and won the second suit. The first aspect of the Scott vs. Sanford case of 1857 was whether Scott was a citizen of Missouri. The second part of the decision was whether the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was even legal. -
Dred Scott Case part 2
1857, the Scotts were given back to the Blow family by Mrs. Emerson. In return, the Scott family was given their freedom. Dred died the next year in 1858, but his family was free. The battles in court that he faced helped people realize that slaves were not only property, but people. It showed people that their eligibility for citizenship in a country should not be based on the color of their skin. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The presidential election of 1860 was won by Abraham Lincoln of November 6, 1860. There were four canidates that were running for office. One was a republican, Abraham Lincoln, and two were democrats, John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas. The fourth was John Bell who was of the Constitutional Union party. Lincoln won the election without a single southern vote, he had 172 total votes. Lincoln won because he had moderate views on slavery. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a Union fort located in a harbor along the Carolina Coast. After South Carolina seceded from the Union, the fort and confederate troops were at war. Union soldiers in the Fort were running low on supplies and weapons. President Lincoln sent three supply ships to Fort Sumter. In the early morning of April 12, 1861 Confederate troops attacked the fort. Shortly after, the supply ships arrived, but did not attempt to reach the fort. Fort Sumter had to surrender to Confederate troops.
