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Slaves arrive in America
Slaves arrive in America when America was discovered. -
Missouri Compromise
The compromise where Missouri would be a slave state and Maine would be a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
He provided $2,000,000 for the U.S to use in a territorial expansion in Mexico. -
Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. This was an effort to seek a compromise between the North and the South. -
Fugitive Slave Acts
These forced states with fugitive or free slaves back to their homes. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraksa Act
Allowed these states to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slaves or not. -
Bleeding Kansas
A war over the legality of slavery in Kansas. (1854 - 1861) -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott left the southern states and went into a free state, but he was forced back, but he knew about Wisconsin having a law or saying saying "once free, always free" and he appealed to the Supreme Court saying that he should be free. He lost the case, but this created tension for years to come. -
John Brown Raid
John Brown raided a ferry which initiated an armed slave revolt by taking over a United States arsenal in Virginia. -
Slave Trade was abolished
Slave trade was abolished in 1865.