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Jun 19, 1518
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state in exchange for legislation which prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel except for Missouri. -
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a way for enslaved people escaping slavery to get to safety in the North. This was important because people needed to be safe. -
Nat Turner´s Rebellion
Nat Turner´s Rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were white. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. -
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Fugitive slave clause that was passed in 1850 was that if enslaved people fled their owners and they were found in a free state then it should be returned to their rightful owner. It also made the government responsible for finding and returning these fugitive slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that tried to convince the north to stop slavery and the importance in stoping it. It helped pass the fugitive slave act in 1850. This law made it illegal to help runaway slaves. -
Kansas / Nebraska Act
This act caused there to be 2 new territories made, one Kansas and one Nebraska. This act was also known as "Bleeding Kansas" due to the popularity and all of the proslavery and anti slavery protesters that flooded the area. -
Dred Scott Case
This was a decision by the supreme court that if a slave lived in a free area they were not granted their freedom. -
John Brown's Raid
A raid led by John Brown took place in Harpers Ferry, Virgina where they attempted to raid a federal armory to stop people from being enslaved and overall end the industry of slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. It said ¨that all persons held as slaves¨ within the rebellious states ¨are, and henceforward shall be free.¨ It did not free all the slaves though. It just changed their legal status under federal law.