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David Walker part 2
The southern states made laws that prevented any black person from learning to read or write. Two months later he was found dead in his home under mysterious causes. -
David Walker part 1
David walker was born on September 28, 1785. In the September of 1829, David Walker’s Appeal was published. His pamphlet was an antislavery reading meant for slaves in the south. His book told slaves to rise up in rebellion against their owners. He smuggled his book to the south by stitching it into clothing sold to black sailors. They took it south and spread it around. Walker’s Appeal inspired slaves and horrified their owners. A bounty was put on his head, 1,000 dead and 10,000 alive. The so -
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Underground Railroad Part 2
slaves as cargo, parcels, passengers, and so on. Some of the abolitionists who helped, were John Rankin, Thomas Garrett, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and many more. John Rankin was a station master, or a safe house owner. Thomas Garrett was also a station master and he is credited with helping 2,700 slaves to freedom. William Lloyd Garrison wrote an antislavery newspaper “The Liberator”. Frederick Douglass also wrote a newspaper, “The North Star”, and he was an anti-slavery speake -
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Underground Railroad part 3
was an anti-slavery speaker. The Underground Railroad was an extremely dangerous, but needed organization. -
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Underground Railroad Part 1
March 21, 1787 to December 6, 1865, slaves were running to freedom. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by runaway slaves to escape to free states and Canada. Many abolitionists helped run this to fight against slavery. They had their own code system of putting lanterns in their windows at night. They even had a written code system, so they could speak through letters without getting caught. They used the new train language as their code, referring to -
The Compromise of 1820 Part 1
In 1820, the Missouri territory applied to join the Union. Congress was perplexed with the question of do they join as Free or Slave. Since slaves had already been brought in, many Southerners felt it should be slave. This upset the North because the balance of Free and Slave in the Senate would be offset. The North’s solution was that the state would be Free and the slaves already there would be released once they became 20. The South said that Congress could not set rules on joining states be -
Compromise of 1820 Part 2
rules on joining states because they would be unequal to the states already established. In the end, Henry Clay created the Compromise of 1820. They decided that Missouri would join as Slave and Maine would join as Free, keeping the balance. Also, they established the 36’ 30’ line. All the land north would be Free, and all south would be Slave excluding Missouri. On March 3, 1820 the compromise was passed. President James Monroe signed the compromise into law. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion Part One
On April 22 to 23, 1831, Nat Turner and 60 to 70 slaves led a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. The slaves were angry with the way they were treated. This was about 20 years before the Civil war. A young and very religious slave, named Nat Turner, organized a group of slaves. They rose up and killed the Travis family, who had been Turner’s owner. They went on to kill 60 plantation owners and their families. The official response was to send 3,000 militia soldiers to capture Turner -
Nat Turner's Rebellion Part Three
broke the rules. The state governments had their own ideas as to how to handle this. They created a set of laws that would last through the Civil War until the Civil Rights movement. These laws prevented slaves from owning property, a gun, meet in groups of five, learn to read and write, much more. This was the effect the rebellion had on the country. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion part Two
and his army. Many were captured and given a trial. Some verdicts were innocent, but many more were guilty verdicts. Almost all found guilty were later executed, including Nat Turner himself. He was hanged after a trial in court. Many plantation owners became afraid of a rebellion happening on their plantation. So, they decided to inject fear into their slaves. They whipped and beheaded slaves. They stuck their heads on stakes as a sign as to what would happen if you broke the rules. The state -
Compromise of 1850 part One
In 1849 gold was found in California. Suddenly there was the Gold Rush. People from all over rushed to California to finally become rich. The population increased and California applied for statehood. Again Congress has the question of free or slave,but California already decided they wanted to be free. The southerners were angered. Most of the land was below 36’ 30’, so they felt it should be a slave state. So Henry Clay decided he would fix this himself. He created the Compromise of 1850, -
Compromise of 1850 part Two
which he presented to Congress on January 9, 1850. California joined the Union as a Free state. Also, Slaves could no longer be traded in Washington D.C. The South had the Fugitive Slave act added and the other territories would decide if they were free or slave when they joined. The Fugitive Slave act made it so any black man in the North could be arrested and sent south and anyone helping runaways would fined or imprisoned. This made it very hard and dangerous for abolitionist to help runaways -
Kansas Nebraska Act Part 1
On May 30,1854 Stephen Douglas presented the Kansas-Nebraska Act to Congress. Douglas had plans of running for president and he decided he needed to make the south and the north happy. Also, he wanted Chicago, Illinois to be the hub of the Transcontinental Railroad and needed Kansas and Nebraska to become states. So he abolished the 36’ 30’ line. He said that the people should decide on what their territory should be, a free state or a slave state. He presumed that the North would be alright -
Kansas Nebraska Act part 2
North would be alright with this because the land wouldn’t be able to support slaves or plantations. The North didn’t look at it this way and they were furious. They saw Douglas as a sell out to slave power. The south got the chance to gain more power, so they were happy. Both proslavery and antislavery supporters ran to Kansas and Nebraska to ensure their side would win. Things started to get heated between the two sides. It wasn’t long before blood was shed. -
Bleeding Kansas
On May 21,1856, proslavery supporters attacked Lawrence, Kansas. They attacked an antislavery newspaper and looted homes. John Brown, being a violent abolitionist, revolted against the attack by leading his own attack on a settlement near Pottawatomie Creek killing five proslavery men in front of their families with swords. The attacks started a summer of murderous raids throughout Kansas nicknaming it “Bleeding Kansas”. The attacks continued for three months. -
Dred Scott part 2
the verdict was delivered. The Supreme Court said that he lacked any legal standing and that any person of African ancestry can never be citizens of the U.S. They also said that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit a person’s property in territories. This abolished the 36’30’ line. This outraged the northerners and made the southerners happy. This influenced the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Republican party. Scott was later bought and freed by his master’s son -
The Dred Scott Case Part 1
On March 6, 1857 the United States most infamous cases’ verdict was given, the Dred Scott case. Dred Scott was a slave whose master had moved from Missouri to the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin. After twelve years, they moved back to Missouri. Four years after Dred Scott decided he wanted to be free. To go about this, he decided to sue for freedom in court. He claimed he was a freeman because he lived in free territories, hence making him a free man. After ten years, -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry part 1
On October 16,1859 violent abolitionist John Brown launched an attack on the military arsenal, Harpers Ferry, in Virginia. Three years after the attack at Pottawatomie Creek. Brown built a small party to take the arsenal around twenty men. They took a wagon load of guns to arm the slaves that Brown expected to rally to him. Then, he would take his growing army south along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains and destroy slavery. Things didn’t exactly go as planned. Instead of slaves meeting -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry part 2
destroy slavery. Things didn’t exactly go as planned. Instead of slaves meeting them, angry townspeople did. On Tuesday morning, United States troops arrived led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. They surrounded the arsenal and killed half of Brown’s followers. Brown was injured and captured, he was convicted of treason. He was sentenced hang by the neck until dead. Northerners hailed him as a martyr. The south realized they needed a better militia. -
The Presidential Election of 1860 part 1
December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union. The event that pushed them to rebellion was the presidential election of 1860. The candidates were Abraham Lincoln for the Republicans, John C. Breckinridge for the southern Democrats, John Bell for the Constitutional Party, and Stephen Douglas for the northern Democrats. Lincoln was not the original choice of the Republicans, they wanted William Henry Seward, but he wanted to end slavery no matter what if he became president. But the -
The Presidential Election of 1860 Part 2
Republicans wanted to win states they hadn’t in the past. They settled on a man with moderate views towards slavery, he didn’t like it and he didn’t want to end it. So, he was elected to lead the party. In the end, Lincoln won with 180 electoral votes, Breckenridge with 72, Stephen Douglas with 12, and John Bell with 39. Lincoln did not have a single vote from a southern state, and all of his votes were northern. This angered the south because they didn’t even stand a chance. They wondered what -
The Presidential Election of 1860part 3
They wondered what was the point of being in the Union, if it wasn’t even a union. This led them to secede.
