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Road to War
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe• She wanted to bring the plight of slave families
to public attention• One of the most influential novels ever written• It was banned by State government in the
South
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Kansas Nebraska Act
• Proposed by Stephen Douglas• Applied popular sovereignty to the territories
of Kansas and Nebraska.• People rushed to the territories so they could
vote
Stephen Douglas
Bleeding Kansas
• A series of three events that brought national attention to Kansas.
1. Sack of Lawrence
• A group of pro-slavery attacked Lawrence, Kansas which was an anti-slavery town.
2. Sumner-Brooks Episode
• Happened in Washington DC• Senator Charles Sumner delivered an angry
speech about the fighting in Kansas• In his speech he attacked South Carolina
senator• A different South Carolina representative
Preston Brooks beat Sumner with a cane
Sumner Brooks
3. Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
• John Brown and four of his sons attacked slavery families on the Creek.
• Killed 5 men• Escaped persecution
John Brown 1856
Dred Scott Decision
• Dred Scott was suing for his freedom because he and his master lived for a time in Illinois, which was a free territory.
• Roger Taney, chief justice of the Supreme Court, ruled that Scott was not a citizen and had no right to sue.
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
John Brown
• He wanted to incite a slave revolt in the South• He wanted to establish a state for free slaves
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
• Brown and 21 men attacked the federal arsenal on October 16, 1859
• He hoped to provide weapons for his slave revolt
• Robert E Lee was dispatched to retake the arsenal and capture Brown
John Brown’s Fort
Inside John Brown’s Fort
John Brown 1859
• Brown was convicted of murder and treason• Hanged on December 2, 1859