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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was fully passed by Congress and signed by President Fillmore on September 19, 1850. The Fugitive Slave Law, a part of this legislation, was passed by Congress the day before, on the 18th. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was first published in March, 1850s. It was a abolistionst paper which talked about the slaves -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
eventually became a law once the states Kansas and Nebraska were formed -
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the neighboring towns of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. -
Dred Scott Decision
a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves, were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens.
