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Slaves arrive in America
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. -
Dred Scott VS. Supreme Court Case
Dred Scott sued for his freedom after he went to Missouri. They didn’t side with him though, he continued being a slave for a little longer. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War (1846-48). Soon after the war began, President James K. Polk sought the appropriation of $2 million as part of a bill to negotiate the terms of a treaty. -
Slave trade abolished
Thomas Jefferson signed a treaty basically saying that the slaves weren’t slaves anymore and they were free. -
Uncle Tom's cabin published
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, is published. The novel sold 300,000 copies within three months and was so widely read that when President Abe met Stowe in 1862, he reportedly said, “so this is the little lady who made this big war.” -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
Him and some other friends left their house and started heading towards Harper’s Ferry. He did it to basically free the slaves and hoping the slaves would help him do this. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. Which defused a four year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. -
Fugitive Slave Acts
They Allowed slaves to be punished if they ran away and were captured or caught. -
Fugitive Slave acts
They allowed slaves to be captured or to not be captured in the United States -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was passed by congress, it allowed people in the territories of kansas and nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Bleeding kansas
It was a border war and it was a serious war. IT was involving anti-slavery and pro-slavery elements in kansas. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state which slavery would be permitted.
