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Northern states abolished slavery
All of the northern states abolished slavery, but the institution of slavery remained vital in the south -
Gabriel Prosser rebellion
Gabriel launched an assault on Virgina after his hopes for the whites to join his cause for a Democratic Republican party were dashed -
Us Congress outlawed The African slave trade
The US Congress outlawed the slave trade but the domestic trade continued to flourish and the population in the United States nearly tripled over the next 50 years -
Missouri Compromise
A biter debate over the federal governments right to restrict slavery over Missouris application for statehood ended in a compromise: Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, Maine was a free state and all western Territories north of Missouris southern border were to be free soil. -
Denmark Vesey Rebellion
Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and formerly enslaved person, allegedly planned an enslaved insurrection to coincide with Bastille Day in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822. 131 men were arrested and charged with conspiracy, 67 were convicted and 35 were hanged, including Vesey. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were White. -
Compromise to resolve slavery after Mexican American war
A tenuous compromise was negotiated to resolve the question of slavery in Territories won during the Mexican American War and under the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state without deciding the fate of the remainder of the Mexican Cession -
The Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court involving an enslaved man who sued for his freedom on the grounds that his master had taken him into free territory effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise by ruling that all Territories were open to slavery -
John Browns Raid
John Browns raid on Herpers Ferry, Virginia in which the abolitionist and 22 men, including 5 back men, and 3 of Browns sons raised and occupied a federal arsenal resulted in deaths of 10 people and Browns hanging -
Nearly 4 million in population
Population in The United States had reached nearly 4 million, with more than half living in the cotton producing states of the South