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Dred Scott v. Sandford
In April 1846, Dred and Harriet filed separate lawsuits for freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court against Irene Emerson based on two Missouri statutes. One statute allowed any person of any color to sue for wrongful enslavement. -
The compromise of 1850 including the fugitive slave act
On Jan 29, 1850 the fugitive slave act was amended by Senator Henry Clay. This act were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States -
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an 1854 bill that mandated popular sovereignty–allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders by Stephen A. Douglas . -
Bleeding Kansas 1854-1856
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, United States, between 1854 and 1859 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858
Lincoln and Douglas agreed to debate in seven of the nine Illinois Congressional Districts; the seven where Douglas had not already spoken. In each debate either Douglas or Lincoln would open with an hour address. The other would then speak for an hour and a half. The first then had 30 minutes of rebuttal. In the seven debates, Douglas, as the incumbent, was allowed to go first four times. This happened in 1858. Lincoln also won this debate -
John Browns Raid on Harpers ferry
October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. He was attacked -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. He win by a lot of votes