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Underground Railroad Continued
would be caught and taken back to the south. Slave catchers were hired to catch the slaves for money. The reason northerners didn’t just sit there knowing that slaves are being whipped until the blood runs down was because they knew slavery was wrong. -
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Underground Railroad
The Under Ground Railroad has seen a lot of runaway slaves or fugitives in its day. It has also helped runaway slaves to escape to "Canaan"(Canada). The Underground Railroad had station masters that help slaves escape. Conductors also helped the slaves escape from their masters. The UGRR went through the states to Canada (Canaan) because just being in the north didn’t mean they were free Canada did not have slavery so the blacks were free there. Slaves had to escape the slave catchers or they -
Missiouri Compromise/ Compromise of 1820
the issue is should slavery be aloud in the new land. the north dident want it to expand. and south thought the staes should decide. main was free 36 30. missouri was slave 12 of each free and slave balance of power. -
William Still
born indian mills, New Jersy. vollentered for union army in 1865. william still has one of the best documented slave helping novels ever. he worked for a antislve group in phili. he also helped his lost brother escape and he didn't know it. -
Nat Turners Rebelion
Natt Tuner and 70-60 other slaves
a rebelion killing 78 whites in 48 hours
in southampton, county virginia
Natt turner got angry and gathered other slaves from his plantation and said we will get revenge on the whites
happened how the interveiw said is he did it because he wanted to be feared by the whites and he did that but it caused violence. -
Compromise of 1850
There were five parts to this compromise. these steps are
1.) California was allowed to be a free state.
2.) voters in the territories could decide what to do with its land won from war with mexico.
3.) slave trade was no longer allowed in Washington D.C
4.) Texas had to give up the land they were fighting mexico for and the government gave mexico 10 million dollars.
5.) finally it had the fugitive slave act this alowed them to come up and re claim there slaves. -
kansas nebraska act
it gave the states the ability to vote if they wanted slavery thare or not instead of aplying for state hood. john brown
The kansas nebraska act replaced the act of 1820. after it was passed the slavery suprters and antislavery suporters ran to kansas and nebraska like kids and ice cream.
it was in kansas that they voted slave suporters dident vote and cause and effect came violince. -
Dread scott case continued...
the ability to really exist. The whites wanted blacks to be like invisible and not speak or do any thing but make money. -
dread scott case
Dread Scott thought that scince he was in a free state that he should be free and so he sued for his freedom.
The Court ruled in favor of them the first time and the second time overturned the decision.
It was in the Circut Court of Missouri.
It was in 1842 when Dread was ready to move back to Missouri.
Dread thought that he was free because he was in a free state so he was free.
But it didn't happen like he wanted.
The Court ended up ruleing Blacks as they lived and worked but had no say or -
presidential election of 1860
Abraham lincoln won this election because he got 180 votes and the minimum votes needed to win was 152. He won without one single southern vote. Althought he was all for slavery he had to act like a democrat would act. -
Fort Sumter
Lincoln sent suplies to the fort and the south decided that they would stop supplies from reaching the fort the south decided kill them and take the fort.
The fort was taken by confederate and the fact that they were being killed was the thing that made Lincoln take action.
It was at fort sumter along the carolina cost.
It happened on the 12th of april in 1861 which caused the civil war.
The south did it because they thought that the north already declared war when they didn't.
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