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Fredrick Douglass
I choose this date because this is Fredrick Douglass's birthday. Fredrick was born into slavery. Fredrick Douglass escaped by boat to the north when he was 20 years old. As a free man Fredrick ment a freed woman named Anna Murry ,and married. Fredrick then wrote a book called "The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass" which released his true identity. He then went to Great Britain where British friends bought his freedom. -
The Missiouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was created in 1820 by a man named Henry Clay. This compromise stated that even though Missiouri was north of the 36' 30' line it would be a slave state. The north was out numbered in the senate, so the annexed Maine as a free state, now the senate was even again. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner, a religious leader lead a group of 60 or 70 slaves in a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. Nat Turner and his followers started at the Travis plantation, this is where Turner was held as a slave. When they had killed the entire Travis family they had gone to other plantations. Turner and his followers killed about 60 plantation owners and their families. Many innocent slaves were whipped and beaten so they to would not rebel. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad isn't what you think, the Underground Railroad was routes, peoples, and homes used to help fugitive slaves escape north. Many abolitionists worked on the Underground Railroad either as stationmasters or as conductors. One famous conductor named Harriet Tubman made 19 trips south to try to free her family and in the process guided a number of fugitive slaves. It helped slaves escape from the south to the north. -
Compromise of 1850
The man who came up with this compromise was Henry Clay. This compromise stated that in order for the north to gain California as a free state there had to be something in it for the south, and that is when the fugitive slave law was established. This law stated that any fugitive slaves that are living in the north must be returned to their plantation. This law caused many African Americans to migrate north into Canada. The trading of slaves was also banned in D.C. but you could still own them. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (continued)
His name was John Brown. On January 29, 1861, just 3 months before the civil war, Kansas was admittied into the union as a free state. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This allowed people in the teritories of Kansas and Nebrask to decide for themselves if they are going to allow slavery of not. The compromise of 1820 was repealed along with the 36'30' line. When this act was passed anti-slavery settlers and pro-slavery settlers rushed into Kansas to claim the land. There was 4 main elections, 3 of which were not accepted. President Franklin Pierce was pro-slavery, but anti-slavery had their own leader. -
The Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was a case between Dred Scott and John Sanford. Dred wanted his freedom but during that time African Americans were seen as property not people. So after the case Dred and his family was given back to Mrs. Emerson then in turn given to the Blow family then the family was set free. -
Presidential Election of 1860
The presidential election of 1860 was between four canidates, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, Stephen Douglass, a Democrate, John Beckinridge, also a Democrate, and John Bell, a Constitutional Union Party member. Each man had a different view on slavery. The canidate that wins this election and becomes our sixteenth American president is Abraham Lincoln who had one-hundred and eighty votes. He had moderate views on slavery. -
The Attack on Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln sent supplied to Fort Sumter near the city of Charleston. Fort Sumter was located on an island in Charleston Harbor. This union fort was surrounded by confederate forts and confederate gun batteries. The union supply ships didnt try to make it to the fort because the shis would have been blown to pieces. They weren't armed like a warship.
