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No Slave Shall Be Educated
Slaves could not be taught to write, work on Sunday, or work more than 15 hours per day in Summer, and 14 hours in Winter. This code is important because if slaves are not illiterate then they will keep on working on farms and slavery will continue. -
Runaway Slaves
Any slave that attempted to run away and leave the colony/ state receives the death penalty. If even one person ran away from their enslaved family then the whole family could pay the price for their risky actions. -
All Work, No Pay
No slave shall be allowed to work for pay, plant corn, peas, or rice. They could not keep hogs, cattle, or horses; or to own or operate a boat; to buy or sell; or to wear clothes finer than 'Negro cloth'. Slaves could nothing eat, wear, or do anything more than their worth. -
Home Search
Slave homes are to be searched every two weeks for weapons or stolen goods. If a slave were to have a weapon they could try to harm their owner in and hide the evidence. -
The Missouri Compromise was passed
The Missouri Compromise forbade slavery in Louisiana territory north of Missouri's Southern border. Maine is admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act is a law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided slaveowners in the south with legal weapons to capture slaves who escaped to the free states. This law was highly unpopular in the North; the slave code is important because it helped to convert many previously proslavery northerners to antislavery. This code for slaves was established in South Carolina and later admitted by states such ad Georgia. -
Kansas Nebraska Act was passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for whether or not they want to allow slavery within their borders. The Act was to change the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
Slave codes
Slave codes were laws established in each U.S. state, which defined the status of slaves and the rights of their masters. These codes gave slave-owners absolute power over the enslaved. They resulted in more abuse and set limits for slaves. -
The 13th Amendment was ratified
This amendment abolished slavery throughtout the United States. As a result, obviously more slaves were now freed. Thus ending in less production of cotton and other materials. -
The 14th Amendment was ratified
General William Tecumseh Sherman's harsh path to the port town of Savannah, which saw civilian casualties, and hundreds of miles of adust farmland. What is stated in the amendment is in the picture. -
The 15th Amendment was ratified
There are two sections of the fifteenth amendment. The first part mentions that prohibited states cannot deny citizens the vote because of their race, color, or the previous experience of being a slave. The second part says Congress is allowed to enforce this article.nFor specifics look at the attached picture. This amendment resulted in more male voters.
