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Fugitive Slave Act of September 18, 1850, was part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave interests and Free-Soilers.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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The act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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The election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army.
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Monitor and the Merrimack was history's first duel between ironclad warships.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War.
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It said that if the Southern states did not stop their rebellion by January 1st, 1863, then proclamation would go into effect.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by the Union and Confederate during the Civil War.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House was one of the last battles of the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President.
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Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime then the party should have been duly convicted.
