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American Revoultuion
The first armed opposition amd conflict with British troops and Colonial militia were the battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19,1775. Some slaves fought in the American Revolution because they prefered to be fighting rather than working for free. -
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Slavery
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United States Contitution
The thirteenth Amendmant to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, other than punishment for crime. The amendmant was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, passed by the House of representatives on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865. -
Compromise of 1820
The compromise of 1820, alos know as the Missouri Compromise, was an agreement passed in 1820 between the anti-slavery and the pro-slavery faction in the united states congress, involving primarly the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former louisina territory north of the paallel 36* 30* north -
Peculiar institution
“(Our) peculiar institution” was an euphemism for slavery this term was made not to be offensive. Some see this expression as specifically intended to gloss over the apparent contradiction between legalized slavery and the statement in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal". The african people found this to be very offensive to them and where they come from. -
Nullification crisis
The Nullification crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of andrew jackson created by south carolina saying. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariff of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. The people reaction to this was mad that these states were pulling away and were no longer using the laws of the north. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a group of five bills, passed in September of 1850, which defused a four-year long confrontation between the free states of the north and the slave states of the south regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clayand brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoidedcivil war or secession and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territoriesof Kansaas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settling, and had the effect of repealing the Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories through Popular Sovereignty if they would like to allow slavery within each territory. The act of was designed to by Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The original idea of the act was to open thousands of new farms and make feasible a Mideastern Transcontinental Railroad. -
Dred scott Decison
Dred scott was born into slavery and tried to sue the sumpreme court for his freedom. His argument was that he had lived with his master Dr. John Emerson in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The supreme court ruled 7 to 2 on his case. This case failed. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamtion was a proclamation issued by president Abraham lincoln. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with nearly all the rest freed as Union armies advanced. The Proclamation did not compensate the owners; it did not make the ex-slaves, called Freedmen, citizens.
