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Importation of slaves ends
The importation of slave persons will not be prohibited by the Congress, Tax could be imposed on importation, no more than ten dollars per person. -
The Missouri Compromise
The United States legislation that stopped Northerners from prohibiting slavery expansion and admitting Missouri as a slave state -
The Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso is the bill that states, “neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist”. (chapter 8 lesson 1) This was Wilmot's proposal that outraged the Southerners. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a major event that took place, Stephen A. Douglas dived this compromise into several smaller bills. The senators could then obtain or vote against whatever parts they didn't like while supporting the other parts. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
Henry Clay made the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 to benefit slaveholders. It mainly hurt southerners cause, but, by making this hostility toward slavery among these Northerners who are different. In the Fugitive Slave Act, all African Americans could and very well be accused of being a runaway and captured. After being accused they would then go before a federal commissioner, and the accused had no way to prove his or her case. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher got a letter from her sister describing the slave catchers taking African Americans which led her to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin. She wanted her sister to write about something that would make the whole nation feel how bad slavery is Uncle Tom’s Cabin then came out as a book, this book changed many Northern perceptions of slavery with African Americans. Southerners tried banning the book and accused Stowe of writing false accusations. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed many settlers to decide for their territory whether slavery would be allowed in the new state's borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas became the battleground for those who where favoring slavery and those opposing it. Kansas has the same climate and soil as Missouri, so settlers moving here were most likely to bring enslaved persons with them. Northers tried to move to the territory quickly in hopes of making it an antislavery majority. With many supplies and rifles, Northerners moved to the new territory. -
The Caning of Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner gave a speech on senators that are pro-slavery forcing Kansas into a slave state. Representative Preston Brooks then approached Sumner in the Senate chamber saying that his speech had been, “a libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine,” he then hit Sumner leaving him injured. Southerners saw Brooks a hero, but Northerners were outraged and resisted slavery. -
The Dred Scott Decision
James Buchanan suggested that the Supreme Court should decide slavery in the territories. Many Southerners pressured the Supreme Court justices to issue the ruling on slavery in the territories. Dred Scott then sued to end his slavery, he argued that the time he spent in the free territory meant that he was free, his case went to the Supreme Court. They ruled against because African Americans were not citizens meaning they couldn’t sue the courts.