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Slaves Arrive in America
The first slaves were brought to the colonies by Dutch traders. They captured them after attacking a Spanish slave ship -
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was a Federal law which required the return of runaway slaves. It made authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters. -
Slave Trade Abolished
The slave trade was abolished, but this did not end slavery. It only ended slaves being imported into the United States. -
Missouri Compromise
In order to preserve the balance between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 making Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
This was an amendment sent before the House of Representatives during the Mexican War. It prohibited any new territory gained from Mexico to allow slaves. -
The Compromise of 1850
This was five separate bills that helped decide the status of new territories gained from the Mexican-American War. It decided whether they were free or slave states. -
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This required that the U.S. government should intervene to help slave owners regain control over their slaves. Fugitive slaves were not allowed to testify on their own behalf, or were to have a trial by jury. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
This was an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it helped cause the Civil War. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. It served to repeal the Missouri Compromise. -
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Bleeding Kansas
This was a series of violent confrontations in the United States between which emerged from a debate over the legality of slavery in the state of Kansas. -
Dred Scott vs Sanford Supreme Court Caasw
Dred Scott filed a case to the Supreme Court in an attempt to gain his 2 daughters', his wife's, and his own freedom. He was unsuccessful. -
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown lead a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and to stop slavery.
