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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was an attempt to free slaves by taking them to locations called "slaves houses" or "stations". "Conductors" would take the slaves to the locations. There were many routes that runaway slaves took. June 30, 1787 was when this organization began and is celebrated. -
The Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay proposed the 2-part compromise to Congress, stating that Missouri would become a slave state and Maine would become a free state, equaling the free and slave states. Also the 36'30' line was created for the Louisiana Territory, which allowed slaves below the line. -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Nat Turner, a slave from Virginia, lead a group of 60 - 70 slaves to kill white people. This didn't help slavery because it made white people kill or hurt many slaves in the south. In the picture, the slaves are attacking slave owners. -
Dred Scott Case (con.)
the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments were created. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave along with his family. On April 6, 1846 the Scotts family sued for their freedom. The first part of the case was if Dred Scott was a citizen of Missouri. The second aspect was deciding if the Missouri Compromise was legal. Dred Scott lost and it led to the Civil War. Soon after he lost, the family was given back to the orginial slaveowners, the Blow family. The Blow family gave them their freedom, but Dred Scott died a year later. This case brought attention and soon -
William Still
William Still was a free African American that organized a segment of the Underground Railroad. His father bought freedom but his mother was a slave in Maryland along with his 2 brothers and 2 sisters. His mother and girls escaped freedom and reunited with his father. Fourteen years later, William Still was born. He worked for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia and he received a letter written on August 8, 1850 by a man searching for information about his family. -
William Still (con.)
After he was told all the information about this man's family, he found out it was one of his brothers. His brother was a slave in Alabama when the letter was written. William Still was a station master on the underground railroad until they freed slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
In the picture, Henry Clay comes up with the Compromise of 1850 but many abolitionists do not like it. In the compromise, California was submitted as a free state, which adds two more anti-slavery senators. Also, slave trade was abolished in Washington, DC. The Compromise of 1850 also stated that any runaway slaves had to be returned back to their owners, called the Fugitive Slave Law. The people in the north were paid to return the slaves, but anyone who didn't was fined or jailed. -
The Kansas - Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas introduced the idea of popular sovereignty for the territories. The U.S. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May of 1854. It permitted the citizens in Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide if they wanted slavery or not. This act also demolished the 36’30’ line, created in the Missouri Compromise. Many pro and anti slavery supporters rushed into these territories, trying to affect the decision. -
Bleeding Kansas
The day the Kansas - Nebraska Act was created, Bleeding Kansas began. Northerns and slaveowners rushed into Kansas, starting to fight. They were fighting because of popular sovereignty. More than 200 men died in this era. -
Presidential Election of 1860 (con.)
he wanted to expand slavery. John Bell was in the Constitutional Union Party, and he won the border states. He was a slave holder so he was for slavery. Even though John Breckinridge won more state, there were more men in the north that could vote, which allowed Lincoln to win. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The Presidential Election was won by the first republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln. There were four main candidates, Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell. Abraham Lincoln was a republican that wanted to keep slavery, but didn't want it to expand. He won most of the Northern states and also California and Oregon. Stephen Douglas, a democrat, won Missouri and half of New Jersey. He was for popular sovereignty. Another democrat, John Breckinridge, won south states because -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War. Confederate troops surrounded Fort Sumter and attacked on the morning of April 12, 1861. Union supply ships arrived but wouldn't try to reach the fort because they wouldn't have made it. Fort Sumter fell the next day, after 33 hours of bombardment.
