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Massachusetts Bay Colony Legalizes Slavery
(Exact Date Unknown)
The Beggining. -
No Way Out Now
(Exact Date Unknown)
Virginia passes a law revoking the prior English law that allowed for slaves that converted to Christianity to become free. Slaves had no way out now. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement to settle the slavery issue that forbade slavery above the latitude of 36 degrees, 30 minutes, except Missouri as the only slave state North of it. -
Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 that allowed and encouraged slave holders to find and retrieve their run-away slaves if they were found in the North. If a Northrner kept a slave and was found to be already owned by someone else, they would be prosecuted in a court. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery book angered southern slave owners and Northerners. Northerners were angry because it showed how terrible slavery really was, and Southerners were angry because they felt it was an unfair and a lie on how slavery really was. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas - Nebraska Act went against the Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty. The territories could decide by popular vote if slavery should be allowed or not. -
Brooks Beats Sumner After Speech
Congressman Brooks beats Sumner, a Northern congressman, with a cane after Sumner gave a speech. It caused even more anger between North and South because the "civilized" people who were supposed to create and maintain civilization were falling to the hands of a problem they, as leaders of this country, were supposed to solve. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln Argued that the U.S. could no longer stay divided. While Douglas argued for popular sovereignty. The south, who sees Lincoln's speech as a threat, sees this as a problem. -
John Browns Raid At Harpers Ferry
John Brown's plan to start a slave revolt failed horribly, but the South feared that the north was trying to arm slaves to fight back. The south now believed that it wasnt safe to be in the union anymore. -
Election Of 1860
The southern democrats who supported slavery had Beckinridge as their candidate, and Lincoln the anti-slavery Northerner. Lincoln won the presidency, and this made southern fears come true all of a sudden.
