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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people and safehouses that helped fugitive slaves escape from the south to the north. It helped many people from 1810-1850. Many people played a part in helping the Underground Railroad, and it was not created by one person. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was born in March of 1822, she was an abolitionist. She was born into slavery, and managed to escape. She became a part of the Underground Railroad, and made trips to free and save slaves. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner took about 70 blacks and traveled around and freed any slaves, and killed any whites he encountered. They were stopped by whit militia. The rebellion ended with Nat Turner getting hanged, and many deaths. -
Gag rule
The Gag Rule was passed in 1836, the House postponed any petitions for slavery without hearing them. This was put in place because of the growing tension between northern and southern congress members. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a set of laws that prevented slaves from escaping to freedom. Freed slaves could now bee taken back if they were found to be someone's property. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, I it had an anti-slavery theme and effected the abolitionist movement greatly. The book was very infamous among pro-slavery views, and there were anti Uncle Tom's Cabin books written to try and counter it's message -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act was passed in 1854, it repealed the Missouri Compromise. It created the territories Kansas and Nebraska, and let popular sovereignity be the deciding factor if the state was free or slave. -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a black slave who was living in Illinois sued for his freedom. After a retrial 10 years later Dred Scott was declared free. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the states. It also stated that escaped slaves got to keep their freedom. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. This followed up Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and abolished slavery.
