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The Middle Passage 1600-1900
The middle passage was part of a triangular trade that transported slaves to and from other plantations. This event was considered the leg to the Atlantic slave trade, the boats left Europe, went to Africa, than to America, and after it went back to Europe. This event impacted history because the African Americans were considered just cargo so they were treated horribly and they were not considered human. -
Fugitive slave clause
The first fugitive slave act authorized the local governments to get a hold of and return escaped slaves and bring them back to their rightful owners and give penalties to those who resisted or who aided their fight. This was important to history because it gave the slaves less of a chance to get away and get to the free states, meaning they had built up anger in them -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was the united states federal legislation stopping the northern attempts from forever making Missouri a slave state but too do that they had to exchange for legislation which prohibited slavery in the north 36°30′ parallel except for, of course, Missouri. This was important in history because now Missouri would be a free place for slaves to run to if they had ever escaped. -
Nat turner's rebellion
The Nat turner rebellion also known as the Southampton insurrection, was a rebellion of slaves killing their owners. It started off as just Nat turner killing his master and his family. But then the news spread which led to more slaves killing their masters, this led to slave owners being killed. This had a impact on history because if it was for net turners and his peers killing their owner none of the other slaves would, therefore no message would be sent to the society. -
Underground railroad 1850-1860
The underground railroad was a place that slaves could escape to at night when their masters were sleeping, they went there too because it was a secret that only slaves knew about and the couple of white people that helped the Africans. This event had a huge impact on history because the slaves could actually live their lives somewhere were they can be free and live their lives without having to listen to a man telling them what to do all the time. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 separate bills passed by the congress of the united states in September that dispersed a political confrontation between free states and slave states on the level of territories acquired in the american and Mexican war. This was important in history because people are now fighting for the slaves' freedom instead of just having their opinions and doing nothing about it. -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle tom's cabin was a novel about anti-slavery by the american author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in 1852, the novel had an intense effect on the attitudes towards African Americans and slavery in the U.S. it's known to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”. this was important in history because the slaves had now seen another persons opinion on slavery and has more knowledge about how others feel about them. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas led to allowing the territory of Kansas to decide whether it would allow savory or be a free state, this situation was well known as sovereignty. With the passage of the act, anti- and pro-enslavement supporters gathered in the state. This is because their were many perspectives on slavery and if it should be illegal or not in that state, and many people came to Kansas with different opinions they could have change each others minds about how the state should go on -
Dred Scott case
The dred Scott case is about Scott's lawyer retiring his case because he and his family had moved to Louisiana territory therefore Scott was legally free and was no longer a slave to anyone. This was important in history because that means that not only he had known about Louisiana being a free slave but now a lot of other slaves would follow in his footsteps. -
John brown's raid
John Brown led a small group on a raid to destroy the federal armory in harpers ferry, Virginia. But was sadly defeated by a company of the U.S marines. This was an important event in history because it showed that even when people tried too demolish slavery it did work because slavery was already used in many stronger states. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamation was issued by president Lincoln on January 1st as the nation went into its third year of the horrible bloody civil war. The proclamation stated that “all persons held as slaves'' within the rebellion states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” This was important because now all slaves would be considered as free people instead of objects. Even though most slaves stayed for a job and money too have a roof over their head, they were still considered a free person