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William Lloyd Garrison
-Born Newbaryport,Mass.
-Died NYC, May,24,1879
-Editor of the anti-slavery newspaper "Liberator"
-Founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society
-He had a history of printing and writing
-His most famous quote-"I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard." -
Missouri Comprimise
-Decided what to do ith the new state of Missouri
-Missouri added to the union as a slave state
-Maine was added as a free state
-All land north of the 36'30' line would be free -
Nat Tuner's Rebellion
-A local preacher named Nat Turner led a group of about 65 slaves
-The killed over 60 slave owners and families starting at Nat's slave house with the Travis family
-In the end this proved to be a bad decision for the s;aves as new laws were passed in the south about slavery -
Rise of the Know Nothings
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Comprimise of 1850
-Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas came up with this
-California was admittedas a free state.
-The territories on in the Mexican American war were splity into territories
-Slave trade is outlawed in Washington D.C.
-Texas had to give up the land it was fighting for in return for 10 million dollars
-The Fugitive slave law says all runaway slaves are to be caught and returned to their owners, causing a mass migration to Canada -
Underground Railroad
-Network of secret people, places, and resources that guided slaves north to freedom
-Saw most use between 1850-1860
-A Harriet Tubman, or Moses, made at least 19 trips south to help enslaved people escape to freedom -
Kansas-Nebraska Acts
-Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to allow or deny slavery.
-This act did away with the Missouri Comprimise.
-caused Political unrest earning the nickname bleeding Kansas
-Kansas was eventually added to the union as ma free state in January 29, 1861 -
Bleeding Kansas
-A series of violent evnts that took palce from 1854to 1858.
-Involved disagreements between pro-slavery and anti-slavery views weather Kansas should be free or not
- Took place in the territory of Kansas -
Dred Scott Case
-Born a slave in 1799
-In 1856 Dred Scott and his wife sued his owner, Mrs.Emerson, for their freedom.
-In the Circut Court Of Missouri the Scotts lost their first suit then won their second.
-Then they took the problem to the Supreme Court in 1857, Scott lost.
- The verdict was that slaves were property not people.
-Secondly, it state stated that the Missouri was unconstitionual and therefore void.
- In 1857 the Scotts gained their freedom, a year later Dred Scott died a free man. -
Presidential Election of 1860
Between Abraham Lincoln, a Republican
-John C. Breckenrich,a Southren Democrat
-John Bell, a Constitutional Union
-Stephen Douglas a Democrat
-Abraham Lincoln won reciving 180 electoral votes, not a single vote from the South.
- The South felt this unfair and betrayed
-This would become one of the most contraverial elections ever and one of the major events that led up to the civil war
-Lincoln personaly was an abolisionist but he felt it nessacary for the South's econemy -
Attack on Fort Sumter
-After South Carolina seceded from from the union, LIncoln sent supplies to a small union fort located in a bay along the Carolina coast.
-Shortly after Confederate troops opned fire and attacked Frot Sumter.
-The Union supply ships arrived but did not attempt to reach the fort.
-Shortly after Fort Sumter fell.
