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Fugitive slave act of 1793
Any runaway slaves will be sent back to their original state even if they are not slaves and have always lived in a free state. -
Missorui Compromise
Congress passed a law where Missouri turns into a slave state but Louisiana has to end slavery -
Wilmot Proviso
Any land claimed by the US from the Mexican American war will be a free state. -
Compromise of 1850
Slave trade through Washington Dc was banned and fugitive slave act was embeded. -
Uncle Toms cabin
A book created by Harriet Beacher Stowe showing how bad slavery is and how bad they were treated. -
Kansas Nebraska act
It divided the land of Missouri into two states; Nebraska and Kansas. -
Lincoln Douglas Debate
They had a debate over weather or not slavery should be allowed. -
John Bown's Raid
John Brown wanted to initiate a slave revolt attack. -
Dred Scott case
The fugitive slave act says that any runaway slave will be returned to their original state, nut Dred Scott was always free but the slave' catchers thought that he was a runaway even thought he wasn't -
Lincoln's election of 1860
Abe Lincoln ran for president and he got elected. -
Southern Succesion
The slaves and the slave owners tried to fix their tensions between each other.