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The Middle Passage was one out of the three passages in the Triangular Trade. The event involved enslaved Africans and was lead by crews, mostly from Great Britian, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France. The Middle Passage was a transportation route for enslaved Africans to be transported to the new world, for them to be bought and traded. Something that took place during this event was the tragic conditions on the boat to America.
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They were separated by gender and crammed into way to small of spaces for how many people were on them. It impacted history because it helped grow slavery and it changed how people viewed slavery because of the terrible conditions they were put through.
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The Fugitive Slave Clause was a law that passed that when a slave ran away from their master they were to be returned back. It involved runaway slaves in the United States. This event took place because they did not yet have a law about runaway slaves, so they created one. The Fugitive Slave Clause impacted history because it gave the slave owners more power over the slaves, and it proved slaves did not have the freedom to live their own life. -
The Fugitive Slave Clause took place between the northern and southern states.
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Nat Turner was an enslaved man who claimed was chosen by god to lead a rebellion. He killed his owners, which resluted in 55 other deaths. Up to 200 black people were involved in the rebellion. This event showed that slaves were strong enough to fight back, and it made people realize how badly they were treated.
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The Underground Railroad was a system of shelters that served to escaping slaves. Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were two of the many kind people who helped. It was created to help slaves escape, mostly to Canada. Through the process, it had conductors, stations, safe houses, depots and stationmasters. The event impacted history because it helped so many slaves escape and it gave enslaved people a sense of hope.
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The Missouri Compromise was a law that passed that changed what states were slave states and free states. This event took place because the states could not agree on being pro slave or anti-slave, so they had to assign states free states and slave states. The Missouri Compromise involved Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It changed history because it stopped congress from having power from what slave do in certain territory's. -
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The case was a decade long fight for freedom, led by a man named Dred Scott. It incensed abolitionists and served as the start to the Civil War. Most of the action took place in Missouri, and it invovled the supreme court and all enslaved people. Dred Scott went into trial and won his freedom. This impacted history because it gave enslaved people hope that they could also get their freedom back.
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The Compromise of 1850 helped figure out what state were slave state and what state were free state. Henry Clay and Stephan Douglas has a big roll in the Compromise. It happened because it tried to help figure out disagreements over slavery in new states. It involved 5 bills to help resolve the problem and happened in California. The Compromise impacted history by changing where slaves could be free. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book about slavery. The book is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The event in the book took place to change peoples perspective about slavery. The book sold 300,000 copies in the first three months. The book impacted history because it influenced the way people view slavery. The event took place in Kentucky.
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A man named Stephen Douglass proposed a bill to organize the territory of Nebraska. The bill made it possible that slavery could be brought into regions where it had been banned before. The act caused a lot of violence because of people trying to sway the vote. This led to a conflict known as the "Bleeding Kansas". This event impacted history because it made people realize the issue of slavery.
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John Brown was an abolitionist who led a raid to stop slavery, in Virginia. Brown and his raid gathered a handful of hostages, but a couple days later, they got caught. Brown was tried by the state of Virginia for treason and murder; he was found guilty and executed. This impacted history because it showed that slaves were real people and they were very frustrated. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was a executive order by Abraham Lincoln before the Civil War. The executive order was to free all slaves. This event took place in the White House. The Emancipation Proclamation impacted history because it freed all slaves.
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