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A dutch slave ship arrives at Jamestown. This is significant because they will have the first 20 slaves ever bought which will lead to a mass selling in the south later.
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This was an abolished newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison. It supported the idea that slavery should not be tolerated. The newspaper also led to he American Anti Slavery Society in 1833.
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The invention of the cotton gin was supposed to make life easier with picking out the seeds from the cotton fibers. This aided "Cotton Kingdom" to mass produce cotton with the use of slavery.
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Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state. Also a condition that slavery was prohibited North of the 36th parallel of the Louisiana Purchase, which runs approximately south of Missouri.
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The Wilmont Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. President James K. Polk asked congress to appropriate $2 million for purchasing peace with Mexico. The bill passed the House but failed in the Senate.
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This was created as part of the compromise of 1850. This act forced any federal official who did not arrest a runaway slave liable to pay a fine. This angered the north which lead to the civil war.
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During the westward expansion, the north proposed the transcontinental railroad be built through Chicago, while the south favored it to be built in the salve states. James Gadsden, a southern railroad builder, was sent to Mexico to persuade the government to sell a peace of land between New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million. This eased the build towards the south, which angered the north.
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John Brown's raid on a US arsenal was an effort by white abolitionist to initiate an armed slave revolt. The mission failed and he was arrested by General Robert E. Lee sentences to death for treason.
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Fearing his views on slavery, South Carolina will secede from the Union. Thereafter, 10 other states will follow. This leads to the Confederate States of America that will fight in the Civil War.
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After the secession of South Carolina, 10 states followed. Later they will create the Confederate states with the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
