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Harriet Tubman escaped to Philadelphia
Harriet Tubman is an American hero and an icon of freedom. She was born in 1850 and died on March 10th of 1913. Harriet Tubman is known for risking her life to make 19 trips to the Underground Railroad, the south, and leading about 70 slaves to freedom. She made people think twice about slavery and also helped slaves recover their freedom. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was a law that required slaves to return to there owners even if they were in a free state. This was recapturing freedom seekers. Slaveholders had the right to reclaim slaves who ran away to free states. This act had an impact on the underground railroad. Which is all Underground Railroad activity subject to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
Harriet Beecher Stowe is the writer for the Uncle Toms Cabinet Published book. Uncle Toms Cabinet Published is an anti-slavery novel. It had a deep effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.The book also had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was, created for allowing people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. Pro-slavery people carried the election but were charged with fraud by anti-slavery settlers, and the results were not accepted by them. Stephen Douglas was a supporter of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and he argued for popular sovereignty. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave whose owner was an army doctor. The Dred Scott decision is having lived in a free state and territory that did not entitle a slave. The decision argued that as a slave, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court. The Dred Scott Decision outraged many abolitionists. -
Abraham Lincoln Debates Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas's debate was about the slavery extension issue also they were addressing the problem that had divided the nation into two hostile camps. The debate lasted from August 21 to October 15. It was a face to face debate around the state of Illinois, the debate also had 7 locations. Douglass advocated "popular sovereignty" and the right of citizens of territory to permit or prohibit slavery. -
John Brown Attacks Harper's Ferry
John Brown is an abolitionist that was born in Connecticut, 1800 and was raised in Ohio. He came from an antislavery family. He attempted to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. By that, he leads a small group to Harper's Ferry in West Virginia. The raid helped make any further accommodations between north and south nearly impossible. It also raised issues for the presidential election and created many problems for Ohio. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Born February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president. The election was held on a Tuesday Lincoln ran for a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery. He was the first member of the Republican Party to be elected for presidency -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina was the first state in the south to seceded from the United States. One of the reasons was because they did not want the north to tell them what to do. It was also mainly because Abraham Lincoln was elected president which meant Lincoln would have not let them have slavery. Before South Carolina seceded 7 states had already seceded also because of Abraham Lincoln and other reasons. During that time they elected President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America -
The Confederacy is formed
The Confederacy States Of America is a collection of 11 states. The states where all states that had seceded from the union. It was led by President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America
It was from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy also struggled for never being recognized as a sovereign nation.
