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Underground Railroad
In 1787 Isaac T. Hopper started the system of hiding and adiding slaves. March 20 is the first day of spring when it is the safest to escape. The Underground Railroad was a system of pathways leading fugitive slaves to Canada. People who knew about the underground railroad use terminology that railroad people would use, so pro-slavery people wouldn't find out. At that time railroad was a big thing and people would think you were talking about actual railroads. One of the most famous -
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Conductors with Harriet Tubman. Her nickname was Moses and she made many trips down south to save slaves. The Underground Railroad didn't end until the 13th amendment was signed. -
Levi Coffin
Levi Coffin was born on October 28, 1789. He married Catherine White and opened a store in Newport, indiana. There store was right in the path of the Underground Railroad. Coffin became a stationmaster which soon led him to become president of the underground railroad. Also, active in the temperance movement. He thought it was wrong to use goods made by slave labor. Moved to Cinicinnati, Ohio in 1840 opening a wholesale store selling only free labor. Devoted the rest of his life to the outbreak -
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passesd on March 3, 1820. Missouri wanted to join the union whether or not it will be free or slave was the problem. There were already slave holders in Missouri, so the south thought it should be a slave state. James Tallmadge a northerner and Senator William Pinkey a southerner debated a solution. Tallmadge propsed that no more slaves be bought in and the children of the ones there be freed at age 25. Pinkey argured the states already in the Union joined without no -
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rules and it's not fair to the new states. The Senate rejected The Tallmadge Amendment, but resovled the issue with a two-part compromise. Missouri joined as a slave state and everthing above the 36'30' in the Louisiana Territory will also be free. The 36'30 divides the free and slave states only in the Louisiana Territory. To blance the slave and free sates Maine joined the union as a free state. Now the slave and free states each have 12 states. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
On August 22, 1831 in Southampton County Virginia a slave named Nat Turner led 70 other slaves in a rebellion agianst whites. The rebellion started at the Travis plantation were Nat Turner was a slave. Theories were made on why Turner did it, but there was no definate answer. This rebellion not only effected the slaves, but free blacks. Black Codes were made telling slaves and free blacks what they can't not do. These codes were made to try and prevent another rebellion. -
The Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay presented the compromise of 1850 on Januaray 29, 1850. Nothern and Southern seneters gathered to hear the compromise. The problem was that Califonia wanted to become a state. Wether or not it will be free or slave was the problem. The compromise had 5 parts to it. California would become a free state, Washington D.C will still have slaves, but no slave trade, the Texas border is the Rio Grande, the territory won in the Mexican American War gets to choose free or Slave and -
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The Fugative Slave Act. The Fugative Slave Act was the biggest thing that come out of the compromise. It gave slave catchers the power to come up to the north and take there runaways back. The slave catchers didn't just take runaways they took free blacks back and they were now slaves even though they are free. This compromise made many blacks fleed to Canada and the Underground Railroad became in full swing. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglass wanted to build a railroad that linked Chicago to the west. In order to do that Kansas and Nebraska need to become states. Douglass also wanted to run for President and wanted the southern support. He knew that under the Misouri Compromise that those states would be free. He came up with the Kanasas-Nebraska Act supporting popular sovereignty. The Kansas ans Nebraska Territory would decide if they wanted to be free or slave. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed on May 30,1854. -
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Pottawatomie massure. This was called a mini Civil War. -
Bleeding Kansas
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters rushed to Kansas. For 3 months Fights broke out between the pro and anti-slavery supporters. On May 21, 1856 an anti-slavery supporter killed a pro slavery supporter. The proslavery supporters were mad and attacked Lawrence, Kansas. They burn buildings and destroyed houses. An abolitionist name John Brown and his sons attacked five unarmed pro slavery supporters at Potowatomie Creek. This was called the -
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Mrs. Emerson won and the ruling was overturned. She sold the Scotts to her brother John Sanford. An abolitionist lawyer decided to represent Dred and take the case to the Supreme Court. On March 6, 1857 the Supreme Court gave their ruling. They said that blacks were not because their citizens, the Missouri compromise was voided, and dread Scott did not get his freedom. In 1857 Mrs. Emerson gave the Scott's back to his original owner. They gave the Scott's their freedom. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was born a slave in Virgina. He was sold to a army doctor whI lived just south of St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Emerson moved to Illinois and Wisconsin for 12 years with Dred. Dred was married to a slave named Harriet Robinson. They moved back to Missouri with the doctor. Dr. Emerson died and the Scott's were left to his wife who sold the Scott's out to work for others. Three years later the Scott's decides to sue for their freedom. They when to the Circuit Court of Missouri and -
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the Constitutional Union and was a moderate slave holder. Breckinridge had 72 votes with all the southern states plus Delaware and Maryland supporting him. Douglas had 12 votes with Missouri and southern New Jersey supporting him. Lincoln had 180 votes with all the northern states and northern New Jersey supporting him. Bell had 39 votes with Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia supporting him. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln won, he only needed 152 votes and he got 180. Lincoln one without one -
Presidential Election of 1860
The people competing in the election of 1860 was John Breckinridge, Stephen Douglas, Abrahan Lincoln, and John Bell. John Breckinridge was democrat had an aggressive approach towards slavery and wanting to expand it westward. Stephen Douglas was also a democrat, but wanted popular sovereignty. Personal Douglas didn't like slavery, but still supported it. Abraham Lincoln a republican had moderate views toward slavery and want it to stay in the south and not expand westward. John Bell was part of -
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Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a Union fort located in the Charlestion Harbor. After South Carolina seceded Lincoln need to send supplies to the fort. He wrote a letter to the Conderates saying that he was sending supplies down that they weren't attacking or anything. The Confederates didn't like this and on April 12,1861 the Conderate troops attacked the fort. After the attack Lincoln send troops down to defend themselves. The Confederates saw this as an act of violence and the Civil War began.
