Timeline

By bully67
  • Fugitive slave act of 1793

    Fugitive slave act of 1793

    Any runaway slaves will be sent back to their original state even if they are not slaves and have always lived in a free state.
  • Missorui Compromise

    Missorui Compromise

    Congress passed a law where Missouri turns into a slave state but Louisiana has to end slavery
  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso

    Any land claimed by the US from the Mexican American war will be a free state.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    Slave trade through Washington Dc was banned and fugitive slave act was embeded.
  • Uncle Toms cabin

    Uncle Toms cabin

    A book created by Harriet Beacher Stowe showing how bad slavery is and how bad they were treated.
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    Kansas Nebraska act

    It divided the land of Missouri into two states; Nebraska and Kansas.
  • Lincoln Douglas Debate

    Lincoln Douglas Debate

    They had a debate over weather or not slavery should be allowed.
  • John Bown's Raid

    John Bown's Raid

    John Brown wanted to initiate a slave revolt attack.
  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case

    The fugitive slave act says that any runaway slave will be returned to their original state, nut Dred Scott was always free but the slave' catchers thought that he was a runaway even thought he wasn't
  • Lincoln's election of 1860

    Lincoln's election of 1860

    Abe Lincoln ran for president and he got elected.
  • Southern Succesion

    Southern Succesion

    The slaves and the slave owners tried to fix their tensions between each other.