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First slaves accidently arrive in america
The first slaves arrived in america in 1619, they arrived accidently because the shiped moved out of course because of a hurricane. -
Missouri compromise
This event lead to the decision of what states became slaves states and what states became freee states.The land lay north of the 36°30' were free slave states and below it was slaves states. -
Uncles tom cabin
A book that is about a guy that they call uncle tom that was owned by a guy named Simon Legree who workede his slaves till death. Uncle Tom helped 2 slaves that were made into prostitutes escape,Simon Legree beat uncle Tom to death. -
Kansas and Nebraska act
The land lay north of the 36°30' parallel where slavery had been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.Setlers coulnd't claim land in a place now known as Nebraska wich was claimed by the the southerners. -
Bleeding Kansas
People killed eachother because legeslature let the states decides wich states were slaves states or no slaves sates, this was called "Bleeding Kansas". -
The election of 1856
This was a election against the republicans and the wig party. -
Potawatomie Massacre
The massacre of Pottawatomie was a brutal killing in wich john Brown and his follewers killed people that were for slavery. 4 of them were his son's . After killing them Jonh Brown and his follewers cut the dead people into pices. This was ment to leave a message to the people that were for slavery. -
The birth of the Republican party
The birth of the Republican party lead to the destruction of the wig party it also had Abraham Lincoln wich he eventually becameThe President. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown lead a group of 18 follewers and attacked the U.S arsenal in harpers ferry. after this local melitias U.S troops lead by Robert.E. Lee came and beat John Brown and his 18 follewers. Jonh Brown and the remaining of his follewers, which some were his own sons got hanged. -
Lincolns presidential election
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. He was a Republican and he was against slavery. He was trying to end slavery and he was supported by the north and later on he got killed by a man called John Wilkes Booth
