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Underground Railroad
Took place in the south states, north states, and Canada
This occured in order to set the slaves in the south free
This all started in the early 1790’s till 1880 most of the slaves that tried to escape were young, single, male slaves from the deep south states. Runaways were taken to stations (safe house) by conductor (runaway transporter). This would all happen at night usually being first led by Moses (Harriet Tubman). All of the people that were helping runaways were abolitionists. They were -
Missouri Comprimise
This is a compromise was signed by Henry Clay on March 3, 1820. The north wanted to have all slaves to be freed in Missouri by the time they were 25 and that no new slaves were to be able to enter the territory. the south thought that congress had no right to set new laws. When Missouri became a slave state it created an imaginary line (36,30). When Maine joined as a free state it kept the balance between the free states and slave states. -
William Still
He did most of his work helping fugitive slaves in Philadelphia. Every Fugitive he helped he would interview them to find out their story, and document them. One of the many runaways he interviewed was his own brother Peter Still who was left behind by their mother on Peter’s escape. And this is all why he was known as the Father of the Underground Railroad. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner and 60-70 slaves fought back to Plantation owners and their families. In South Amtion Virginia the Militia of 3,000 fought Turner’s Rebellion. the Militia won, and the slaves guilty or not were punished by their owners, because they were scared. Nat Turner was sent to trial, and was found guilty and was then hung. -
Comprimise of 1850
This is a compromise was signed by Henry Clay on March 3, 1820. The north wanted to have all slaves to be freed in Missouri by the time they were 25 and that no new slaves were to be able to enter the territory. the south thought that congress had no right to set new laws. When Missouri became a slave state it created an imaginary line (36,30). When Maine joined as a free state it kept the balance between the free states and slave states. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act said that Kansas and Nebraska could choose whether that state wanted to be free or a slave state. The main reason for this was a Senator from the North Stephen Douglas, and he believed in State Rights. After the act was passed both Kansas and Nebraska would choose to be free states. -
Breeding Kansas
This all started after the Kansas Nebraska Act was passed, and the south wasn’t happy that Both states choose to be free. The first act of violence was in Lawrence, Kansas when pro slavery supporters went to a newspaper shop, and destroyed everything and later robbed the houses of anti slavery supporters. A very large retaliation on the south was when John Brown and his sons took what he thought were 5 pro slavery men at night, and he killed them in front of their families. -
Dred Scott Case
This was a case between Dred Scott and the Supreme Court for Scott’s freedom. Because Scott lived in free states for 12 years he thought he was a free man wich was right about. At the end of the case the rolling was that no black man could ever, will never be, and weren’t ever free people. Also that slavery could move to any new territory that wanted slavery. -
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
On October 16, 1859 John Brown and with the help of 22 followers they took control of the armory in Virginia (Now West Virginia). In the morning U.S. troops had the building surrounded, and killed half on Brown’s men and two of his sons before he surrendered. On December 2, 1859 Brown was found guilty and was hung to death. -
Election of 1860
This debate was very one sided Abraham Lincoln had 180 votes. Stephen Douglas had 12 votes. John Breckinridge had 72 votes. And John Bell had 39 votes. Lincoln won the election with 180 votes, and not a single vote was firom the south.
