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Series of compromise measures passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues.
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People who harboed slaves had to return them to owners or run the risk of being sent to prison/
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Changed the views on slavery when this book was published.
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Opened new territory for settlement which pretty much repealed the Missouri Compromise. Slavery was voted on by the people to see if they were to be a slave or free state.
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Southern Congressman Preston Brooks beats Northern Congressman Charles Sumner over the rise of Slavery expansion.
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In Wisconsin four members of the former Whig Party established the new Republican Party.
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The final court opinion was that slaves are not citizens and had no protection from the Federal Gov't
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John Brown was an abolitonist and him and some of his followers raided an Armory in Harpers Ferry, Maryland.
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Abe Lincoln and John C. Badonridge were the two running for president
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Two union soliders were killed during this battle.