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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Part of the Compromise of 1850, federal marshalls and law enforcement personel would be fined up to $1000 dollars for not apprehending a suspected runaway slave -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this anti-slavery novel strengthened the beliefs of Americans in the North against slavery. Made Southern plantation owners angry. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford Begins
Born slave Dred Scott sues for his family's freedom -
Sumner Assault
Preston Brooks assaulted Senator Sumner with his heavy walking cane, in the Senate Chambers, until his cane broke. -
Dred Scott Decision (Scott v. Sandford Ends)
People of African descent were not U.S. citizens and therefore were not protected by the Constitution -
The Impending Crisis of the South
Hinton Rowan Helper's self-published anti slavery book, condemned slavery but not in the moralistic abolitionist way of Uncle Tom's Cabin -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Series of debates between the then senator candidate Abraham Lincoln and Senaator Stephen Douglas over various topics including the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision and Bleeding Kansas -
Raid on Harper's Ferry
Raid on the U.S. Armory at Harper's ferry planned by John Brown -
Election of 1860
Election of the 16th president Abraham Lincoln -
Secession (formation of the Confederate States of America)
South Carolina secedes and forms the C.S.A. followed by the rest of the confederation
