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Under ground railroad
The Under ground railroad was a series of tunnels, paths, and safe houses that slaves took to escape to the north, or free states, and Canada -
Stono Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies. The rebellion had over 60 slaves who killed whites and tried to liberate other slaves. The rebellion was defeated when they faced a militia near the Edisto River. Most of the captured slaves were executed but a small few were sent to the West indies. After this uprising the Negro Act of 1740 was passed that said all slaves were to have no education, assembly, or free movement. -
The Constitution on slavery
The constitution doesn't authorize or prohibits slavery. Slaves are also counted as 3/5 of a white. -
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Polocies
In 1850, The fugitive slave law was passed which meant that all run away slaves can be brought back to their masters -
Declaration of Independence on Slavery
When the declaration was written before the final version, Jefferson attacked and slandered slavery, but this was quickly taken with the feud amongst the southern delegates -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by congress as a compromise between souther slave owning states, and northern free soil states. The law stated that any run away slaves could be captured and brought bake to their masers. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act allowed citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not if slaves should be allowed in there area. -
Dred Scott Case
In 1857 a man named Dred Scott who was a slave, was owned by a man named Emerson who bought him from the peter Blow family of St. Louis. After Emerson died the Scott's helped him sue the widow of Emerson for his freedom, but he lost the case because the court said he doesn't have the right to sue because hes property -
Before the Civil War
When Lincoln was elected president S.C followed by other states seceded from the Union because Lincoln was against slavery. This was a huge spark for the division of America and the start of the Civil War -
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Lincoln ending Slavery
During the civil, at first Lincolns attention was to just to take bake the seceded states to the union, but later he wanted the states back with no slavery. The Union victory meant that slavery was abolished in all states
