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Vermont becomes the first colony to abolish slavery
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri into the union as a slave state but also allowed Maine to become a free state making the number of slave states and free states equal. This compromise also made slavery outlawed west of the mississippi river and north of the 36º 30' line. -
Slavery is prohibited in Oregon
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Slavery is Prohibited in Connecticut
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Dred Scott v. Stanford Supreme Court Case
The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case was a contreversial case in which Dred Scott a slave sued his master for keeping him as a slave in free states. Dred Scott lived over half his life in free states. The contreversial part was the ruling. The ruling was that he was not a citizen so he could not sue his master. This very controversial decision was a factor in the Civil War. -
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John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid
On Otober 16, 1859 abolishionist John Brown and a group of his supporters headed to Harpers Ferry and arrived early in the morning on October 17. Once Brown and his supporters made it to Harpers Ferry they captured citizens and took them hostage and also took over the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. his hopes of the local slaves rising up failed though and Brown and his supporters were pinned down by the local maltia in the arsenal. I think this helped slavery become recognized as a national issue. -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War was a war between the North and South regions of the United States. The South also known as the Confederacy seceeded after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. The reason for the South seceeding was because Abrham Lincoln didn't like slavery and with him in office the South was sure slavery would end. The Confederate States of America included the following 7 states South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order by president Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It said all slaves in the ten states that seceeded from the Union were free. Thus 3.1 million of the slaves were freed. Though slavery had been abolished that didn't make freed slaves American citizens. That means they couldn't vote.
