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The first Africans reached Jamestown
They were first treated as servants, but by the late 1600s, ships were bringing growing numbers of enslaved Africans back to Jamestown. -
Slave Trade Abolished
Jefferson signed a bill approved by Congress to no longer allow slaves to be brought into any place within the jurisdiction of the U.S. -
Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot was affraid that the South would gain too much power, so in 1846, he gave the idea that Congress ban slavery in all territory that might become part of the U.S. because of the Mexican-American War. -
The Fugitive Slave Acts
Passed by the U.S. Congress for the slave-owning interests. -
Compromise of 1850
A package of five separate bills that were passed by the U.S. Congress in September, 1850. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book about ending slavery and because that's what it was about, people started to believe that slavery was not a good thing and started to feel bad for the slaves so because of this, in the South the book was ban. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Case
Three days after Buchanan took office, the U.S. Supreme Court brought antislavery to attention. Dred Scott was an enslaved person who had been owned by a U.S. Army doctor, and the doctor lived for a time in Illinois, and in the Wisconsin Territory. SLavery was illegal and after leaving the army, the doctor stayed with Scott in Missouri. At the end of the case, the Supreme Court declares Missouri Comprimise unconstitutional. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
White abolitionist, John Brown, wanted to arm slaves so they could try to defend themselves instead of being whipped.
