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invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented it to help separate cotton from the seeds. the yeld of raw cotton doubled each year after 1800. this impacted the war by the south getting double the amount of money that that got -
Nat turner's revolt
He tried to kill people. and it led to a series of new laws. people in Virginia where scared. -
Frederick Douglass - The North Star
He made and edited the first anti-slavery newspaper. the newspaper was used to not only show that the act of slavery is bad/evil, but to show that abusing groups and women is also evil. Fighting for freedom is better. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It required that slaves be returned to there owners and made the government responsible to find slaves too -
Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad
Escaped to Philadelphia she helped slaves escape too. She wanted everyone that was a slave to be free