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The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was a horrific event that involved the transporting of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean. This thing happened because the slave trade was efficient for people living in the South, as their economy revolved mostly around hard labor. This passage allowed slavery to go on for far too long, and that is why it is important. -
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was group of people offering shelter and help to escaped slaves from the South. The Underground Railroad involved many people including white abolitionists, escaped slaves, free blacks, and more. It took place to help slaves escape slavery. -
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was group of people offering shelter and help to escaped slaves from the South. The Underground Railroad involved many people including white abolitionists, escaped slaves, free blacks, and more. It took place to help slaves escape slavery. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be allowed as a new slave state on the condition that Maine would also be added as a free state to maintain balance in congress. -
lil Nat's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a group of slaves led by Nat Turner that rebelled against their owners and went on to kill around 60 white people. It took place in Southampton County, in Virginia. Nat was alleged to have had visions, in which he was told to (by God) to use violence to rebel. It impacted history because it showed how you can't just let there be injustice on a group of people and expect them to be fine with it. -
The Compromise of 1850
"The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War."(History.com). The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to join the Union as a free state, as well as Utah and New Mexico, with the choice to be a free or slave state. It also made it easier for slave owners to catch runaways. -
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Clause was a clause in the Constitution that stated that slaves must be returned to their owners if they flee to another state. It essentially prevented escapees from being safe in the North, and it happened because the US supported slavery at the time. It impacted history because it restricted slave rights and their ability to escape even more. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin/Life Among the Lowly is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is an anti-slavery book that "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". "The book had a major influence on the way the American public viewed slavery."(History.com) -
Bleeding Kansas
The Kansas/Nebraska Act involved everyone living in the US. It repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed the people to decide on whether or not slavery should be allowed. It was created to organize the unorganized parts of the Louisiana Territory. It impacted history because it set off a slew of violent conflicts in Kansas known as "Bleeding Kansas". -
The Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case occurred after a runaway slave named Dred Scott was captured and brought back to the South. However, along the way, he was brought through the free state of Illinois, where slavery was illegal. He sued Missouri for his freedom. The supreme court later voted in favor of the state, stating black people "are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution" and can't claim any of their rights and priveleges. -
John Brown's Raid
The raid involved Brown's group and a group of US Marines trying to stop him. Brown had gotten together with a bunch of other abolitionists to raid a US arsenal in Virginia. His hope was for the weapons to be distributed among slaves, so they could break free from their captors. He was stopped by the Marines. His impact, however, was not the raid itself, but in the trial afterward. The trial determined whether state or federal courts had jurisdiction over Brown. He was a hero in the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln, and it abolished slavery and indentured servitude. It took place during the Civil War, and Lincoln did it because abolition was really important to the North at that time. It obviously was important because it freed millions of people.