Slavery
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Expansion westward
Growing abolitionist sentiment in the
North
Failure of compromise
Fugitive Slave Act complicates
enforcement across the country
Kansas-Nebraska border feud illustrates
the growing trend toward violence.
Major compromises over slavery:• Missouri Compromise of 1820:
Missouri asks to be allowed in to the Union – Whigs
oppose, Southern Democrats support.
Maine allowed in as a result – 1 free, 1 slave state enter
the Union simultaneously.
Slavery banned north of 36’ 30 line.
Compromise of 1850: • Stronger Fugitive Slave Act
• South denies the Wilmot Proviso which would have banned slavery in territories acquired from the Mexican-American War
• California enters as a free state
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 stated
that any escaped slaves had to be
returned to their owners in the South, or
those complicit could face a fine.• Violates the rights of freed blacks
• Stokes fears of Slave Power in the North
• Further ignites abolitionist sentiment
Repeals 36’ 30 line of Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Act intends to create states of Kansas and Nebraska to allow for transcontinental railroad.
Slavery would be settled by popular sovereignty:• The decision to be a slave or free state would be left to
the residents of the state.• All males eligible to vote could vote pro- or anti-slavery• Leads to Bleeding Kansas
Many believe this to be the unofficial start
of the Civil War.
Pro- and anti-slavery forces battle in
Kansas. Lawrence under siege by anti-
slavery forces.
John Brown and a group of abolitionists
raid a pro-slavery event. Hack five men to
death with swords on May 24, 1855.
Potttawatommie Creek Massacre.
Republican party forms in aftermath of
Bleeding Kansas – party of anti-slavery.
Republican Party will forward Abraham
Lincoln as a candidate for president in
1860.
South Carolina first to secede upon
Abraham Lincoln’s election.