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slaves arrive in America
About 19 slaves arrive. -
Slave trade abolished
Slave trade was abolished -
Figutive slave act
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Missouri Compromise
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Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War it went on untill 1848. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
It was anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War" -
Bleeding Kansas
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case
Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Harper's Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.