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The Underground Railroad Part 1
The Underground Railroad started in the early 1800s and lasted till around 1865. The Underground Railroad isn't a real railroad but a secret network of people places and routes in the north that lead slaves to freedom in cities, black communities and Canada. The Underground Railroad used railroad related terms, a reason it’s called the Underground “Railroad”, such as conductors which are the people that lead slaves to freedom and stations which were safehouses. -
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The Underground Railroad Part 2
The Underground Railroad also used phrases that had secret meanings. Some examples are A Friend with Friends which was a password signaling the arrival of fugitives with a conductor, The River Bank makes a Mighty Good Road which reminded fugitives that dogs can’t track your sent through water, and The Wind Blows From the South Today which means either a warning that slave catchers were nearby or that a group of runaways are nearby. -
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The Underground Railroad Part 3
There are many famous conductors and helpers of the Underground Railroad such as Harriet Tubman and Levi Coffin who was the President of the Underground Railroad. Harriet is the most famous conductor because of the record high number of slaves she took to freedom.The Underground Railroad happened because many slaves wanted to reach freedom, and is important because it showed how dangerous life was in that time period if you were a black or even a white assisting a black. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe part 2
It was a story about a slave named Elisa that escaped from her plantation only to be caught and returned back to slavery. Stowe also wrote many editions to Uncle Tom’s Cabin including a prequel to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and many other novels about the cruelty of slavery. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe part 1
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a very important abolitionist in the abolitionist.She was actually So important that one day a very important american president, Abraham Lincoln once said to her, “So you are the little lady who caused this great war.”Harriet Beecher Stowe was born June 14, 1811, a daughter, to an abolitionist, so i guess it runs in the family. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, that highlighted the cruelties of slavery. -
The Missouri Compromise part 1
Missouri Compromise
The reading The Missouri Compromise is ABOUT how the USA split up the Louisiana Territory to have free territory above and slave territory below the 36’ 30’ line and get Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.The main POINTS are, Southern States wanted Missouri to be a slave state because slaves were already there . The Northern States wanted Missouri to be a free state, and all slaves there to be set free at age 25 because the majority was above the 36’30’. -
The Missouri Compromise part 4
They received all the territory above the longitude line 36’ 30’ of the Louisiana Purchase and made it free land, which is a lot more land than below the 36’ 30’, which the southern states got. The northern states also got Maine to join as a free state, which gave the north more free land. Though the north got more than the south, the southern states still got what they wanted all along. -
The Missouri Compromise part 2
Slaves are already there, Pinkney argued Congress can’t set conditions for territory to become states. Missouri became a slave state. Maine became a free state. Missouri territory and Louisiana purchase split at the 36’ 30’ longitude line, everything above is free state and everything below is slave state. There is a balance in the Senate.
The Missouri Compromise was very important to our country and created by Henry Clay and was signed into law by James Monroe. -
The Missori Compromise part 3
The southern states wanted the territory to be a slave state, since the slaves are already there to begin with. But the north wanted it to be free and all the slaves there already to be freed at the age of 25. Both the Northern States and the Southern States benefitted from the Missouri Compromise, though the northern states benefitted more than the southern states. The northern states received much more than the southern through the Missouri Compromise. -
The Missouri Compromise part 5
As I said before the southern states got all the land below the 36’ 30’, which isn’t as much as the north got, but they still got the land they wanted to be slave territory. Now that both the north and south had new land some slave and some free, the senate was now at balance, which was and wasn’t such a good thing. Now neither side has a numbered advantage.
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Nat Turner's Rebellion Part 2
Though some slaves tried to protect their masters many wanted to escape the abuse and joined the rebellion. The first official response to the rebellion was to send 3,000 militia out to contain the rebellion. The whites were obviously afraid of the slaves .After the rebellion was over about 60 slave owners and their families were killed by the rebelling slaves, and the abuse slaves received on the plantation grew even greater than before. Also a group of laws came about called the black codes wh -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Nat Turner’s Rebellion started in South Ampton,Virginia, at the Travis family plantation August 22, 1831 and continued on for a 48 hour period to August 23. Nat Turner's Rebellion consisted of a group of 60-70 slaves. The slaves attacked and killed the entire travis family and continued on through the south. The rebellion was lead by Nat Turner, a preacher and more importantly a slave. -
The Compromise of 1850 Part 3
The fugitive slave act also denied slaves a right to a jury.It was good for the Northern states and bad for the southern states because slave trade was outlawed in Washington D.C. and california joined the union as a free state. -
The Comprimise of 1850
Written by Henry Clay, Stephen Douglass, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster, The Compromise of 1850 was signed into law on January 29, 1850 by President Millard Fillmore. Although the compromise was made to please both the north and south,the compromise was both good and bad for both Northern and Southern States. -
The Compromise of 1850 Part 2
It was bad for the Northern States and good for the southern states, because the Southern states had the Fugitive Slave Act passed, saying all slaves were now fugitives and anyone who turned one in got a reward. Also it required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves, and gave federal officers law enforcement. If the federal officers turned in a slave they got $10, if the slave was proved free they got $5. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Part 1
The Kansas-Nebraska Act made tensions grow immensely because of many reasons and is considered the prelude to the civil war. The basic idea behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to get southern votes for Mr.Stephen Douglass who was a democrat and wanted to run for president. To do that we needed to make both North and South happy, and so the plan was to let the states Kansas and Nebraska decide whether or not to be free or slave states using popular sovereignty. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Part 2
Stephens reasoning was, because the Kansas-Nebraska Act relied on popular sovereignty, there was a chance Kansas and Nebraska could become either slave or free states so both the north and south would go along peacefully. But he was oh so wrong. On May 30, 1854 President Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law enraging many northerners. Now because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act many northerners and southerners are running to kansas showing how wrong Stephen Douglass actually was. -
Bleeding Kansas Part 1
Bleeding Kansas happened because of one man and one act, Stephen Douglass and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It was basically a prelude to the civil war. Bleeding Kansas took place in the Kansas territory when, because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, both northern abolitionists and proslavery southerners rushed to Kansas to sway the vote towards their side of the argument. -
Bleeding Kansas Part 2
Now that the decision of Kansas and Nebraska becoming free or slave states lied in the hand of popular sovereignty both northerners and southerners rushed in to vote.Free soilers came in from New England to settle and vote but many proslavery southerners came in illegally to sway the vote. Proslavery people struck first. They looted and raided a newspaper print in Lawrence County. -
Bleeding Kansas Part 3
And because of that action, good old John Brown had to get involved and attacked five small families that he suspected were proslavery near Pottawatomie Creek. The ended up killing five men right in front of their families that night. -
The Dred Scott Case part 1
The Dred Scott Case had a huge impact on the nation. The issue was, were blacks allowed to be free? The case was about a slave named Dred Scott. He had lived with his master in slave states below the 36’ 30’ line and then moved with his master above the 36’ 30’ and had lived there for a number of years. When they moved back below the 36’ 30’ he Scott claimed he was free because he had lived in free territory where slavery was not allowed because of the Missouri Compromise. -
The Dred Scott Case part 2
On March 16, 1857, after 11 years of debating whether or not Scott was free, the Supreme Court decided against Dred Scott and stated he was still a slave. The Supreme Court also stated that slaves or people from African Descendent never were, not now, or ever considered citizens in the USA. The decision also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The decision was taken well by the Southerners but the Northerners were outraged. -
The Dred Scott Case part 3
Though, after the long wait, Scott died just 9 months later. The Dred Scott Case had a huge impact on the nation. The issue was, were blacks allowed to be free? The case was about a slave named Dred Scott. He had lived with his master in slave states below the 36’ 30’ line and then moved with his master above the 36’ 30’ and had lived there for a number of years. -
The Dred Scott Case part 4
When they moved back below the 36’ 30’ he Scott claimed he was free because he had lived in free territory where slavery was not allowed because of the Missouri Compromise. -
The Raid on Harper's Ferry part 1
Carried out by abolitionist John Brown, the raid on Harpers Ferry brought about many different views on the ending of slavery. On October 16, 1859 Brown and 22 men including 2 black men stormed the Harpers Ferry federal arsenal and swiftly took the whole thing. He had brought a wagon full of weapons for the slaves he was sure he would rally with him, but because the first man to be killed was a free black man, only angry townspeople rallied. -
The Raid on Harper's Ferry part 2
In a matter of hours a squad of soldiers lead by none other than General Robert E Lee came and wiped out Brown's men. Brown was tried in court and found guilty of treason and was sentenced to hanging until death. He left a note saying that now his fears had been confirmed, the only way to end slavery was by the spilling of blood. -
Presidential Election of 1860 part 1
The presidential election of 1860 was a swift win for president Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell were all the candidates. Abraham was a republican and many of the northern states including Oregon and California supported him. He also had a moderate view towards slavery, meaning he didn't necessarily want slavery to end just not expand. Stephen Douglas was a democrat and Missouri and ½ of New Jersey supported him. -
Presidential Election of 1860 part 3
In the end, it was between Abraham Lincoln and John Breckinridge, but Abraham swiftly took the presidency without one southern vote, which eventually lead to the succession of the southern states. -
Presidential Election of 1860 part 2
He tolerated slavery and viewed whites superior to blacks in every way. John Breckinridge was a democrat and all the southern states supported him because of the fact that he had and aggressive policy on expanding slavery. John Bell was part of the Constitutional Union party and Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky supported him. He had a moderate view on slavery but didn't want it to end, partly because he was a slaveholder himself.
