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In 1518, The Middle Passage was one of the biggest exporters of slaves from Africa to North America. It was one leg of the Triangle Trade that rich, typically white slave owners used to get slaves for a good price. This brang in enormous profits and a powerful workforce to owners. -
On August 28, 1787, Charles Peirce Butler and many others were involved in the signing of this clause. It was made in order for runaway slaves to be caught, captured, and even killed if they were found escaping their slave owners. It was signed in New York. -
The compromise was a way for power to be equal in congress. It made Missouri a slave state on March 3, 1820, led by Henry Clay. This was a federal legislation that stopped the north from prohibiting slavery's expansion to adopt Missouri. It now impacts history because it lead to the formation of the anti-slavery Republican party. -
In the early 1830's, Harriet Tubman started helping slaves escape their owners. The "safe houses" took place all the way from South Carolina to Canada. Slaves would escape their owners in early winter, when they would have the most dark time to leave without being seen. Harriet Tubman impacted history because by her leading example, slaves had maps, trails, and all the necessities needed in order to leave. -
Nat Turner was sick and tired of the way he had been treated by his slave owner. On August 21, 1831, him and 200 other slaves killed over 65 slave owners, including their families and even babies. Nat Turner believed he got a "sign from god" to attack during the night. He impacted history immensely, inspiring other slaves to rebel against their own slave owners. -
The Compromise of 1850 was made up of 5 bills that where passed to try to resolve conflicts about slavery. The compromise was created by Senator Henry Clay and Democratic senator Stephan Douglas. The five separate bills were, California became a free state, the remainder of the Mexican Cession was divided into New Mexico and Utah, the claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico was satisfied by a payment of $10 million, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and slavery was abolished in Columbia. -
Uncle Tom was a slave that on his daughters death date he planned to free all of his slaves but unfortunately he is killed that night. Uncle Toms cabin had a major impact on how Americans viewed slavery. It also increased the differences in the North and the South. -
The Kansas Nebraska Act became a law on May 30, 1854. The act happened because Stephan Douglas who came up with the idea, wanted Nebraska to be made into a territory and to win southern support. So the act was created and two new territories were formed. Also, there was the possibility that slavery could be extended to places that it was once banned. This would later cause the Civil War. -
The Dred Scott Case was a decade long fight to win the freedom for a enslaved man named Dred Scott. The Dred Scott case outraged abolitionists and the divide between the North and South grew. Dred Scott and his family were freed on May 26, 1857. -
John Brown planned to start a major slave rebellion in the south. He planned to to do this on October 16, 1859. Even though his plan failed sixteen people were killed included ten of Browns men. It also increased tension between the north and the south and and raised the stakes for the election of 1860. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was a order set by President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in 10 states. It effected the slaves in states still in rebellion in 1863 during the Civil War. This gave slaves the opportunity of free life in the United States.
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