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The slaves were sent to help produce crops such as tobacco. They arrived in the colony of Jamestown in Virginia.
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This allowed slave owners to capture runaway slaves within free states. When the slaves were captured the owners had to prove the slave was actually theirs.
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The Slave Trade was the trade of slaves for items and goods. They would bring slaves from Africa to America.
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It was a compromise between the South and the North. It made a balance between slave states and free states. It was repealed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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It was to eliminate slavery in the new land that was acquired after the Mexican war.
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This one made harsh punishment for people who helped runaway slaves. Even if they interfered they would get punished.
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It was a compromise that Henry Clay proposed. It was made to try to keep the South and the North from being in a crisis. The compromise overturned the MIssouri Compromise.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a book about how slavery was unjust and very hurtful for the slaves. This rallied many Northerns to the Abolitionist movement and made many Southerns mad.
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They were violent political "fights" for anti-slavery. They were fights about if Kansas should or shouldn't allow slavery.
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This act was passed for people in Kansas or Nebraska Territory to decide if they want slavery. It repealed the Missouri Compromise.
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Dred Scott was trying to get freedom for himself and his family. The court ruled that any Americans that were from African descent could not sue in court.
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John Brown was an abolitionist. He was armed and tried to take over a arsenal of guns for the slaves to fight back.
