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“The Liberator”
William Loyd Garrison is an abolitionist, famous for publishing a newspaper that addressed the issues of slavery, called “The Liberator”. He was also one of the founders of the Anti-Slavery Society. -
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Slavery in the South
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Slave uprising in Southern Virginia led by Nat Turner. Him and 54 other slave and free blacks were publicly executed for their actions. After this, Virginia lawmakers reduced the domestic rights of both slave and free blacks. -
The Gag Rule
The U.S. House of Representatives created the “gag rule” which prevented the House from considering any anti-slavery petitions. -
California is a Free State
California was added to the nation as a free state. While it was apparent that the added land of the coast was good for exporting goods, the South was upset that such a large state was made a free state. John Crittenden, senator from Kentucky, believed that all land south of the Missouri Compromise line should legalize slavery. This he believed, would make things “fair” and prevent the dissolution of the union. -
The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman, a former slave, was the founder of the Underground Railroad; a network or secret roads and passageways for slaves to escape into free states. People known as "conductors" would help direct fugitive slaves to safety, hiding them in their homes. Tubman and other abolitionists worked together to help free thousands of slaves. -
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explains the brutal life of a slave. It brought up the moral question of slavery that many people and not previously considered, and gained a feeling of sympathy for enslaved blacks. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Initiated the use of popular sovereignty to decide wether a state was slave or free. This upset southern states because it overruled the Missouri Compromise, which stated that all of the territory south of the MO compromise line would become slave states -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Scott was an enslaved African-American who lived with his owner in a free state. He tried to sue for his freedom, but Chief Justice Rodger Taney said that Scott was still considered his owners property, even in a free state. He denied Scott’s freedom and claimed that the Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected as President
Lincoln was a potential threat to the southern slave states because Lincoln was a republican with anti slavery views. He stated in his inaugural address what he would do everything in his power to prevent the expansion of slavery. -
South Carolina Succeeds
South Carolina had been threatening succession since the Compromise of 1850. When Lincoln was elected it pushed them over the edge because they saw him as an enemy and did not want to be subject to his jurisdiction. They were the first state to succeed from the nation, and other states in the Deep South soon followed their example.
