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slaves arrive in america
Dutch traders brought the first African slaves to jamestown, who were brought in first as indentured servants. They were brought in to work in feilds and just to work in general, all because we were didn't want to do it. -
missouri compromise
during the missouri compromise two new states were added to america. A slave state and a free state. This is also when the conclusion was draw that any state that entered above the line 36, 30, would be a free state and any state below it would be a slave state. -
Dred scott decision
during 1857 a slave was traveling with his master and his master died while he was in a free state so dred scott wanted to sew for his freedom. in the end they decided that he wasn't able to do so because slaves aren't people they are property. This was a huge win for the south but a loss for the north. -
Uncle toms cabin