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The Underground Railroad
Most of the time it was the best time to escape to go to the Underground Railroad was during the Spring at night. The other time to leave was when the months started getting warm. Most of the time the slaves that usually escaped were: single men and women, married men and women, and sometimes even kids. The slaves knew where to go by the North Star and the moss grows on the north side of a tree. When the slaves saw a house they would use a secret message because the slave owners didn't know. -
Frederick Douglass' book
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Missouri Compromise part 1
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was forever prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase. When Maine joined it became a free state because of Missouri becoming a slave state. Maine was a free state because the government wanted the states to stay even between slave and free states. This compromise criticized many of free and slave states. It also kept the Union up for 30 years. This compromise was repealed by the Kansas- Nebraska Act. -
Missouri Compromise part 2
The Kansas- Nebraska Act was repealed in 1854, which dictated slave and free status. The slave and free status was decided by popular votes in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Nat Turner's Rebelion Part 1
In August 22, 1831 a religious young man at the name of Nat Turner led a small army of 70 slaves. The small arny was an opressed set of slaves. The uprising happened in Southampton Country, Virginia. In the 48 hours it happened 57 whites, including women and children died. The army went to about 60 plantations and killed the owners and their family members. The rebellion was to call out the militia. The whites sent out 3000 troops to capture Nat Turner and the rebels. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion Part 2
All the slaves that were found innocent were set free(back to their slave owners). Slaves who were found guilty were executed. Nat Turner was jailed, tried in court, found guilty, and executed from being hanged. Nat Turner's lawyer published a story called "The Confessions of Nat Turner." The book suposablely said that Nat Turner killed his master to spread terror and devistation where ever he went. All plantation owners were paid back for the slaves they lost. -
Compromise of 1850 Part 2
John C. Calhoun's colleague, Senator James A. Mason, read on his behalf on March 4. The speech Calhoun wrote was his last speech because he died a month later. -
Compromise of 1850 Part 1
California joined the union as a free state, making a challenge to balance the free and slave states for 15 each. Senator Henry Clay presented resolution of his colleagues and argued that the congress represented an essential spirit of compromise that would preseve the Union. John C. Calhoun spent a month developing a speech in response. When he went to deliver the speech he couldn't because he was too ill to. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Part 1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act proclaimed that the people in a territory should decide whether slavery would be allowed there. It also introduced in the United States Senate in January 1854. Stephen Douglas wanted to run for president. Douglas said people should just forget about the 36' 30' line. The Kansas-Neraska Act had Popular Soverty which became a slogan bandieed about in the debate over slavery in the territories. When this act came into place, both pro and anti-slavery people moved into Kansas -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Part 2
The pro and anti-slavery people started a mini war known as "Bleeding Kansas." At that time if Kansas and Nebraska joined as free states north would be more powerful and the south would see Dougls as an enemy. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was described as the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act overtured the Missouri Compromise. Pro and anti-slavery people moved into Kansas and they got to decide whether Kansas and Nebraska would be slave or free states. When deciding if the states will be free or slave brought up a fight in Kansas. The fight between pro and anti-slavery was called "Bleeding Kansas." -
Dred Scott Case Part 2
The congress also said that his slave owner moved back down south with him so he can't be free. About a year later Scott and his family were free. After another year later Scott died without having an experience of freedom. -
Dred Scott Case Part 1
Dred Scott was purchased by surgeon John Emerson who spent 12 years in the Illinois and Wisconsin territory, free states. When Emerson died Scott sued for his family and his freedom. He tried to sue for his freedom because he thought that he was in free territory over 12 years. He was able to be a free man, but he thought wrong because the congress denied the fact that he was a slave.
