Antebellum

The Antebellum Period

  • slave code virginia

    slave code virginia
    everyone but negroes are to be provided with arms and ammunitionws
  • 3/5 compromise

    3/5 compromise
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  • 1st constitutional compromise

    Congress had to wait 20 years to pass a law making it illegal to import slaves into the U.S
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    a compromise signed to divide slave and free states
  • Nat Turner leads rebellion

    Nat Turner leads rebellion
    Nat Turner leads a rebellion into town
  • Alabama slave code section 31

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    Any slaves captured in the north must be brought back to their owners
  • slave code booklet D.C

    slave code booklet D.C
    the slave code booklet signed for Washington D.C signes abolishing slavery in D.C