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compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 aloud texas utah and mexico vote to have slaves. ATexas votes to have slaves, utah deicdes not to because utah is the mormon states and mexico leaves it in the air. Also during this time the fugitve slave law was made, which means if your slave runs away then you can go get them even if there in another stae. -
1850 fugitive slave acts
The fugitive slave act was made between southern slave holding interests and and northern free soilers. It made that all run away slaves were captured that they had to be returned to there owners. -
Stowe’s “Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms cabin was a anit slavery novel By harriet beecher stowe and it helped "lay the ground work of the civil war" -
Bleeding kansas
Bleeding knasas was a conflict between whether kansas was going to be a slave state or not, because its bordering state was a slave state. It was between northerners and southerners on whther the state was gong to be free. This would start a war because it determines on what the north wants and what the south wants -
Kansas Nerbraska act
The kansas nebraska act made kansas and nebraska open land for settlement. Then there was a war on whether these states would have slavery or not. -
Beechers Bibles
Beechers bibles was the name givin to the breech loading sharp rifles that were giving to anit slavery immigrants in kansas. It was a gun that you pointed at peeople to get them to vote for not having slaves. -
Pottawatomie Massacre
The pottawatomie Massacre happen on the night of may 24th and the orning of may 25th. John brown and other pro slavery people killed 5 settler north of pottwatomie in franklin, kansas. -
Brooks-Summer Incident
Brooks and sumner were in congress, speaking about slavery. Brooks is for slavery and sumner isent. Brooks gets mad and beats sumner with his cane. Sumner couldnt get out of his chair and brooks beats him until he has brain damage for the rest of his life. -
Dred Scott
Dred scott was a united states slave that sued for his freedom and did not win. -
Lecompton Constitution
Slave owners met in lecompton to support slavery and keep slavery in kansas. Anit slave owners boycotted the vote. Then later on in turned into if you brought new slaves in the state that the people had to agree. -
freeport doctrine
The freeport doctrine was a decision over slavery. It aloud the people in the sate to decide whether they wanted slavery in their state or not. -
Lincoln douglas debate
The lincoln douglas debate was 7 different debates to win a spot on the senate so their party could have more power -
John brown raids harpers ferry
John browns raid of harpers ferry was an attempt to start an armerd slave revolt by siezing a untied states arsenal at harpers ferry -
Abraham Lincoln wins election
During the time of the election there was a big battle considering slavery. Abraham lincoln made a speech in New york about stopping slavery and became favored by the anti slaves. -
South carolina secedes
South carolina strongly belieaved in slavery. On december 20th 1860 south carolina was the first state to declare succession.They later created the confederacy. -
Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
The lawrence massacre was a group of anit slave people destroying pro slavery peoples stuff. They shot them, burned there barns etc.
