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Virginia Slave Code
Virginia made their slave code in 1682 and it contained laws that kept a slave from possesing a weapon and leaving the plantation without permission -
South Carolina Slave Code
In 1712 Sorth Carolina passed their salve code which was a set of laws for the slaves living in Sorth Carolina. -
Louisiana Slave Code
The Louisiana slave code was written in 1724 only a few years after the South Carolina slave code. -
Georgia Slave Code
In 1770 Georgia adopted South Carolina's slave code and used it as their own. -
MIssouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise introduced free states into the country such as Maine and anything above the Louisiana Territory. -
Alabama Slave Code
The Alabama slave code was written in 1833 -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act prohibited anyone from concealing slaves that ran away to the North and calling them "free". -
California admitted as free state
California admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850. -
Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
Slave trade was banned in D.C after thoughts that it was unfair to have slaves in the "free" capitol. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
After ballot rigging and lots of scandals, Nebraska and Kansas were both admitted as free states. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves signed by Abraham Lincoln.
