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underground railroad
a way for people (freedom seekers) to escape from enslavement, and was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses. -
western expansion
carried slavery down into the southwest (mississippi, alabama, mississippi river and louisiana). -
fighting between americans in kansas
- there was fighting between americans in kansas because of the decision on making kansas a slave state or a free state.
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"bleeding kansas"
- a series of violet civil confrontations in Kansas territory
- civil war slavery, being with or against and violent
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dred scott vs stanford
- dred scott was an enslaved black man, who sued for his freedom, but was not passed because he was an african american.
- taney ruled against scott because he said that "african americans were not citizens" and could not sue in courts.
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lincoln - douglas debates
- lincoln believed slavery to be morally wrong and opposed its spread into the territories, neutral stance. + douglas supported popular sovereignty (people decide), if douglas said yes to lincoln he would be opposing the dread scott ruining.
- lincoln lost against douglas
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john browns raid
- john brown took a direct action against slavery, free and arm the enslaved people in the area, and begin an insurrection (an act of rebellion) against slaveholders.
- browns attempt to start a slave insurrection ended with his capture.
- northerners viewed john as a martyr (person who is killed because of their belives) for a noble cause.
- southerners viewed john as someone who proved them that northerners were actively plotting the murder of slaveholders.
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southerners beliefs
- southerners were worried by the idea that northerners would try to arm enslaved people and encourage them to rebel
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president lincoln
- not all northerners agreed with president lincoln. congress did not like the idea of freedom to slaves. "the african american would be worse off under the system, than as slaves"
- lincolns objective was to save the union, and not save nor destroy slavery "what I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps save the union"
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emancipation proclamation
- freed blacks who were liberated in union-controlled areas of the confederation.
- ending slavery became part of the war
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freedom of slaves
- all states with slaves release them as free people. "if he can deprive white men in the U.S. of their liberties, why can he not liberate black men"
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13th amendment
all slave states will get rid of slavery