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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti Slavery book writen by, Harriet Beecher Stowe a mother of six. It tells us the suffering that slaves went through. It depicts the reality of slavery and the enslavement of humans.It was the best selling novel of the 19th century. This novel played a big role in the Antebellum Era. BY which slavery was the big talk and discussion. By showing the troubles of slavery the novel change the minds of many people. -
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Antebellum Era
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bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was violent political confrontations in the US involing slavery.The Kansas Nebraska act called for popular sovereighty. Which means any decision about slavery would be made by settlers -
Panic of 1857
The Panic of 1857 was a finacial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy -
Kanas in Convulsion
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Dred Scott
The dred Scott case was one of the most controversial events preceding the Civil War. He was a slave who had lived with his owner in a free state before returning to the slave state of Missouri. Scott argued that he was a free man. However the court found that no black, free or slave, could claim US citizenship. Therefore blacks were unable to petition the court for freedom.This would start war three years later. -
The Impending Crisis of the south
The Impending Crisis of the South is a book written by Hinton Rowan Helper which h publishedin New York, 1857.It was a attack on slavery and a economic advancement of whites. The book was about slavery, but was not the same as the Uncle Tom's Cabin.Instead, Helper wrote to appeal to the whites and not he black. -
The Great debate: Lincoln Versus douglas
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John Brown: Murderer or Martyr