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History The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States,
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History Harriet Beecher's Stowes anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin is published, the novel sold over 300,000 copuies.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854, it allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska decide fo themselves whether or not to allow slavery. -
U.S. Historty Northern Democrates felt that Stephen Douglas had the best chance to defeat "BLACK REPLICANS". Although an ardent supporter of slavery, they considered Douglas as a traitor.
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Civil War General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederates forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union holding for Garrison.
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Battle
It is also called the Battle of Hampton Roads, in the American Civil war, naval engagement at Hampton Roads a haurbor at the mouth of James River, -
Civil War Trust 40,000 Confederate soilders under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out the nearby woods and struck a line Union Soilders.
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Featured Document
Presidnet Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
Gettysburg
It was considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After the war they got a great victory over the union forces. -
Eye Witness to History With his army surrounded, his mean weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider to surrender.
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Abraham Lincoln
On April 15, 1865 , John Wilkes Booth a famous actor and was a a conferderate soilder and he was the one who killed Abraham Lincoln. -
Amendment
The thirteen amendment was to abolish slavery and have no more trouble with anyone anymore.
