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underground railroad
The underground railroad is in a time in which every and any slave would try and escape to freedom on this trail. The underground railroad was a system and network of conecting trails that lead to the north and canada. The slaves used his route and the trails around it to get to freedom. This trail hold so many memories hat it fills books up as fast as they started. This was when run away slaves's numbers went way up. -
Mssouri Comproise
The Missouri compromise in 1820 was about when Missouri wanted to become a state and also a slave state. When the territory wanted to become a state they applied for it, congress wanted them to be a free state, but the southern states wanted them to a slave state. There was a problem with this though, congress couldn’t tell a state if it could be free or slave, so James Tallmadge decided to come up with the Compromise of 1820. This compromise stated that; the slaves that were in the state, their -
Nat Turnrrs Rebellion
In 1831 a slave named Nat turner started a rebellion again all of the slave owners in virgina. Turner was a minister and was very religious, he and his followers had killed almost 60 white men, women, and children on the night of august 21. He and his men were captured and killed. But what had once been done cant be undone, the affects of their action(turner and followers), white men and women be gain killing random blacks because they were scared of another rebellion against them. Many whites -
Compermise of 1850
In the compromise of 1850 the south and north both got something and was determined fair. The north got California as a free state, and it is able to decide what to do with the lands that had been won in mexico. Voters In the territories would deside on slave or free states. In Washington DC the slave trade was outlawed there. Texas go its new border. And last, the south gets a fugitive slave act. -
kansas nebraska act
The kansas-nebrska act was about how kansas and nebraska wanted to become states. there shouldnt have been a problem because of the 1820 compermise..but there was.And so started fights and congresss battles and arguments to break out all across the nation. -
bleeding kansas
Bleeding kansas is mainly a small civial war if you think about it. There were southerners and northerners fighting over slavery in a town in kansas. The man who triggered these violant fights and attacks on people was, john bown. This man had led a rebeling group people into an area of southereners and they broke into houses and trashed them. -
dred scott case
The dred scott case is back in 1857 and about 4 years before the civial war. The whole reason to this case, is a black man named dred scott was sold and his new master took him to a free state for 12 years. During those 12 years he was in a free state, he married and got a taste of freedome. after his owner was ready to go back to the south, scott went with him but wanted to go back to the north to be free. Unlike most slaves who would attempt to run away, he sued for his freedom. -
Presidental Election of 1860
The presidental election in 1860 was ran between two main groups, the democrats and republicans. For the democrats, John Beckonridge, and Steven Douglas ran. For the republicans, Abraham lincoln ran. The constitusional union party also had John Bell running for them. The otcome of this election was Abraham lincoln, he won this without a signle southern vote. -
Attack on fort sumter
THe attack on fort sumter happened bmainly because of its location. the fort was on a island in the south on the charleston harbor. After the southern states started to succed from the union, they beame thier on country and elected a president, this new president order the confederates to fire on fort sumter. Thus soon after a war begins because of this act. -
Thomas Garrett
Thomas garrett was one of the most famous and well known abolisionists. He would bcome so famous because when he was a small boy, on his fathers farm, a slave was beaten so badly he didnt ant anything to do with it. so he devoted his life to help slaves escape to the north. At one point in time he was caught and fined so much money he nearly went bankrupt. But yet he still devoted wht was left of his life to help slaves escape to the northern states and canada.
