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The Compromise of 1850
Proposed by Henry Clay. The compromise prevented further territorial expansion of slavery. The north would have California be admitted as a free state, and the south proposed a new and effective slave law. The agreement succeeded in postponing outright hostilities between the North and South, -
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The Fugitive Slave Act
Allowed the capture and return of fugitive slaves to their rightful owners within the territories of the United States. It was one of the five acts passed in the compromise of 1850. It was mostly assumed that all blacks were runaways. The suspected fugitive could be arrested and extradited without warrant, had no right to a jury and to defend themselves in court. Many free blacks and fugitives fled to Canada. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s fictional exploration of slave life was a cultural sensation. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the second-best-selling book in America in the 19th century. Its popularity brought the issue of slavery to life for those who were not effected. the book widened the division between the North and South. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas overturned parts of the Missouri Compromise by allowing the settlers in the two territories to determine whether or not to permit slavery by a popular vote. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott lost his case proving that he should be free because he had been held as a slave while living in a free state. The Court ruled that his case could not be seen because he did not hold any property. But it went to state that even though he had been taken by his 'owner' into a free state, he was still a slave because slaves were to be considered property of their owners. -
Charles Sumner is attacked by Preston on the floor of the senate
The attack on Lawrence, Kansas lead up to Charles Sumner being attacked by Preston after he gave the speech about attacking the pro-slavery forces for the violence occuring in Kansas. -
Pottawatomie Massacre
After what happened in Lawrence, Kansas John Brown and a few abolistionist settlers killed seven settlers North of the Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. -
Lecompton Constitution Rejected
The constitution was made for allowing Kansas to be a slave state, but after a lot of agruing and debate Kansas voters voted that Kansas should be a free state. -
John Brown Raided Harpers Ferry
John Brown was a radical abolitionist who had been involved in anti-slavery violence in Kansas. His goal was to start a slave uprising using the captured weapons. After capturing several buildings Brown and his men were surrounded and eventually killed or captured by troops led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was tried and hanged for treason. -
Confederate States of America were Formed
The Confederate states were an unorganized state set up from 1861-1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States Of America that had declared their secession from the United States.
