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The Stono Rebellion
a slave uprising that took place on September 9, 1739, in the British colony of South Carolina, near the Stono River, where a group of enslaved people, led by Jemmy, sought freedom by marching towards Spanish Florida -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by enslaved preacher Nat Turner, resulting in the deaths of 55-65 white people and leading to a brutal crackdown on enslaved people and the passage of harsher slave laws. -
The compromise of 1850
A series of laws designed to resolve the slavery issue of slavery in newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War, including California's admission as a free state, a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, and the abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
federal laws passed to capture and return runaway slaves they required that slaves that ran away had to be captured and returned to your owners even if they were in a free state -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Harriet Beecher Stowe tells the story of enslaved people, including Uncle Tom, a kind and religious man, and Eliza, who flees with her son, highlighting the cruelties of slavery and its impact on families -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed residents of Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. -
The Dred Scott Decision
The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court, and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
abolitionist John Brown and his followers raided the federal armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), aiming to initiate a slave revolt by capturing weapons and arming enslaved people. The raid, however, failed, resulting in several deaths and Brown's capture and execution -
The Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln, an anti-slavery candidate, won the presidency, despite not being on the ballot in many Southern states.The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which totaled 1,866,452, and 180 electoral votes. -
The Formation of the Confederacy
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. They adopted a new constitution establishing a confederation government of "sovereign and independent states".