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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of routes that runaway slaves could use to get north. Many northerners opened up their homes to the runaways. Harriet Tubman was a very famous runaway that made 19 trips to the south to rescue slaves. The slaves needed to be extremely careful when using these routes because there was always slave catchers looking for them. Many slaves went to Canada to be free. -
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John Brown
John Brown was an abolitionist who believed that armed force and violence was the only way to end slavery. Brown led many violent attacks. One of the most famous ones was the raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal. On October 16, 1859 Brown and 21 other men raided the arsenal. Brown was quickly captured because he was wounded. He was tried and was convicted for treason. He was hung on December 22, 1859 -
Missouri Compromise Pt. 1
The Missouri Compromise is about whether or not slavery should be allowed in Missouri and the main points are that by the time that there was question about slavery, there were already slaves in Missouri. A congressman named James Tallmadge, who was from New York, proposed that there should be no more slaves admitted to Missouri, and that the slaves that were already there need be released by maximum age of 25. The north seemed to want to argue a lot. -
Missouri Compromise Pt. 2
Senator William Pickney of Maryland didn’t feel that congress had the power to add new rules. He felt that the new states with new conditions would not be equal to the old ones. The resolution to the problem was a two-part compromise. Missouri gained statehood as a free and slave state. The dividing line was the 36’30’ line. All territory north was free, but all territory south was still slave. Maine was also admitted around the same time, it equalized the balance between the north and south -
Nat Turners Rebellion
On August 22, 1831 Nat Turner led a band of 70 slaves in a rebellion against slave owners in Southampton County, Virginia. The band of slaves killed a total of 60 plantation owners and their families. After the rebellion, many states took matters into their wn hands to stop slaves from doing it again. Many states even tried blacks that weren't even close to Virginia. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was passed on September 18, 1850. This was written by Henry Clay and was supposed to settle the tensions between the north and south. It did the exact opposite. The compromise stated that California was a free state and new territiories could decide for themselves. It also included the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act stated that everyone in the north got paid to bring slaves back to the south. It enfuriated a lot of abolitionists and many were sent to prison. -
Kansas-Nebraksa Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act that written by Stephen Douglas was passed by congress on May 30th 1854. It gave the people of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska the freedom to choose whether they wanted to allow slavery when they tried to become a state. It was put in to repeal the Missouri Compromise and completely destroy the 36'30' line. As soon as it was passed, pro and anti-slavery supporters rushed into Kansas and Nebraska to settle. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Part 2
Kansas held two elections that failed because the side that lost charged the other with fraud. Violence erupted with forces led by John Brown. Congress didnt'recognize Kansas until January 29, 1861 -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas was the name given of the pro and anti slavery attacks after the Kansas Nebraska act. Many lives were lost on both sides. One pro savery senator beat an anti slave senator to death on the senate floor. -
Dredd Scott Case Part 2
At the time, blacks were considered an inferior race. The second aspect of the case was whether the Missouri Compromise was constitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was void, and Dred lost his battle. Later that year, Dred was given back to the Blow family and they let him free. -
Dredd Scott Case
Dred Scott was born in Virginia as a slave. His owner's moved to Missoouri in 1830. From there, he was sold. His new owner was an army doctor. For the next 12 years, he traveled with Dr. Emerson through the Wiscinsin and Illinois terretories, which are both non slave areas. Dred Scott felt that he had worked enough and that he could sue for freedom. He did sue and the first aspect of the case was whether he was even a citizen. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was a Union fort that was located in South Carolina, who seceded. President Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort. He let Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, know that it was just supplies. Davis then let General Beaureguard know and he told him to not let those ships in. To stop the ships from coming in, the Confederacy bombarded Fort Sumter for 24 hours. This was the breaking point.
