Slavery Timeline - Memphis Beatty

By Memphis Beatty

  • Kansas Nebraska Act is Passed

  • Both those who supported slavery and those who were against it moved to Kansas.

  • Violence and aggresion occur in Kansas creating the event, "Bleeding Kansas."

  • President Buchanan was elected and hopes to settle the slavery debates.

  • Slaves are considered property as a result of the Dred Scott Decision.

  • Lincoln and Douglass discuss slavery and its jurisdiction.

  • John Brown raids Harpers Ferry Arsenal and is tried with murder and treason. The North and the South are in more disagreement with each other.

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