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Compromise Of 1850
In the Compromise Of 1850, california was admitted to the United States as a free state, the slave trade was outlawed in the nations capital Washington D.C, and the fugitive slave law was passed -
Fugitive Slave Law
Passed by Congress in 1850, as part of the compromise of 1850 between th North and the South. This law mandated that any person aware of an escaped slaves whereabouts must report it, and help with his /her returning to their "owner". This policy was hated by the Northern states, arguably one of the last straws to be pulled from the North. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe portraying the horrors of slavery. This best-selling novel, with over 300,000 copies purchased, was said to fuel the abolitionist cause after it was published. -
Bith Of Republican Party
When the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed (let settlers decide whether the new state would allow slavery or not) northern leaders such as Horrace Greeley, Salmon Chase, and Charles Sumner decided they would not let a large number of por-slaver states flud the Union. They believed a new political party was needed. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This Act created the territories Kansas, and Nebraska, which opened new lands for settlement. The issue of slavery was to be decided through a system known as "popular sovereignty", otherwise known as voting. The act was designed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
A Supreme Court decision that decided whether or not African aMericas (enslaved or not) could be US citizens. a slave by the name of Dred Scott was taken to a free state by his owners and attempted to sue for his freedom. Unfortunately his request was denied, and this added more fuel to the firey need for change. -
Sumner Attacks Brookes In The Senate
On the 21st of May, Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech knon as "Bloody Kansas". Part of this speech personally bashed South Carolinas Senator Andrew Butler. Preston Brooks took this personally since Andrew Butler was a cousin of his. The next day Brooks entered the Senate chamber where Sumner was working at his desk, and beat him over the head with his cane. Brooks was given a $300 fine, and resigned from his seat in the senate. He returned home seeking approval for his actions. -
John Brown's Raid On Harpers Fairy
Abolitionist John Brown attempted to start a slave revolt by seizing a US arsenal in Harper's Fairy, Virginia. Him and 20 other men were defeated by Col. Robert E. Lee. Brown asked Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas to accompany him on his raid, Douglas declined because he believed his plan would fail, and Tubman was prevented by illness. -
Election of 1860
in 1860 the Democratic Party met in South Carolina to choose their candidate for the upcoming election. Southern delegates walked out when it was decided that a strong idea of popular sovereighnty was to be displayed. Northern democrats met in Baltimore and nominated Stephen Douglas who had lost support following "Bleeding Kansas. Lincoln wins the ekection as a Republican. -
Shots Fired At Fort Sumter SC
This incident started The American Civil War following the seccession of the seven southern states. South Carolina demanded that the Union Army leave its facilities in the Charlseton harbor, and the Union Army refused, starting the firts battle of the Civil War.
