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Missouri Compromise of 1820
An attempt to have a balance of slave and free states, Missouri in 1820 became a slave state, although slavery was banned in the rest of the Louisiana territory and Maine as a free state. -
Nat Turner's Slave Revolt
A slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in in Southhampton County, Virginia in August of 1831 where rebel slaves killed 55 to 65 different people and is considered the biggest and deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history. -
Underground Railroad
Constructed in the late 1700s the Underground Railroad was used by slaves to escape to freedom, to other free states and Canada, using the help of abolitionists and other anti-slavery supporters. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Passed by the U.S. Congress on September 18, 1850 which was part of the Compromise of 1850 which was between southern slave holding interests and free northern soldiers. Nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law" by abolitionists because of the dogs that tracked down runaway slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Passed by the U.S. Congress on the 5th of May in 1854 it gave the people who lived in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to make the decision on whether to allow slavery within their borders. Repealed the Missouri Compromise which banned slavery north of latitude 36 30. -
John Brown's Harper Ferry Raid
A dedicated abolitionist named John Brown was the leader of an armed raid on Harper's Ferry, on a federal armory to rid of slavery
