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Slavery in the South relating to the cause of the Civil War
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John Brown was an abolitionist that believed that violence was a necessary evil to end slavery.
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This uprising as the largest in the United States’ history, yet only two white men were killed. Various accounts say that 250-500 slaves were a part of it
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Frederick Douglass was a former slave that ran away. Not only did he use his house as a safe house in the Underground Railroad, but he was also the leader of the Abolitionist Movement in Massachusetts.
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Harriet Tubman was a former slave who became one of the most famous Underground Railroad Conductors. She lead hundreds of slaves to freedom in the north.
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The Missouri Compromise put a balance between slave states and free states that was on the 36th parallel. States formed above the Compromise line were free states, and states formed below the line were slave states. It kept the Union together for 30 more years.
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Rebellion lead by Nat Turner that ended up taking the lives of between 55-65 people, around 51 of which were white males
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The Fugitive Slave Act required the return of missing slaves, even if they were in free states.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin brought the horrible truths of slavery to the Union and to the British sympathizing the south. It unified abolitionists against slavery
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The Scotts were taken to Wisconsin territory, then back to Missouri. They filed a freedom suit with their main argument being ‘once free, always free’. Although they lost the Supreme Court case, they were eventually freed. Their owner’s son bought and freed them.
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John Brown lead the Harpers Ferry Rebellion in hopes to arm slaves. Unfortunately, not many slaves joined, and he was captured, tried, and hung.
