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The Move towards War
Slavery issue rears its ugly head
Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso- David Wilmot a Dem rep from Penn
a. any territory the US gains from Mexico shall not have slavery
1. Passes in the House but fails in the Senate
Compromise of 1850
1. California admitted as a free state2. New Mexico have no restrictions as to
slavery3. Settle New Mexico/Texas border
dispute4. Slave trade in Washington DC
abolished5. Fugitive slave law passed
Fugitive Slave Act
a. slave catchers only need point out runaways
b. federal commissioners try the case c. one white witness was all that was needed
to return them to the south ($10 paid to the court for a verdict in favor of slave catcher and $5 for the accused)
d. required federal marshals to assist in catching runaways
e. marshals could deputize private citizens to help and those that refused could be jailed
Underground railroad
Series of stations to CanadaHarriet Tubman
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854
Proposed by Stephen Douglas of Illinois 1. Idea of Popular sovereignty- Popular Sovereignty- proposed by Lewis Cass
of Michigan a. citizens of each new territory be allowed to
choose whether they wanted slavery or not 1. democratic 2. removed the issue from national politics 3. but still did nothing for the rights of slaves
2. This would mean that both Kansas and Nebraska lying north of the line, the Missouri Compromise would be repealed
Lewis Cass Stephen Douglas
Bleeding Kansas
Lawrence Kansas is burned by proslavery groups
John Brown- and his son’s slaughter 5 pro slavery family members
Jayhawkers-
Jayhawkers- where it was adopted by militant bands affiliated with the free-state cause. These bands, known as "Jayhawkers", were guerilla fighters who often clashed with pro-slavery groups from Missouri known at the time as “Border Ruffians". After the Civil War, the word "Jayhawker" became synonymous with the people of Kansas
Border Ruffians-Bushwhackers-
Border Ruffians-Bushwhackers- pro-Slavery activists from the Slave state of Missouri, who in 1854 to 1860 crossed the state border into Kansas Territory, to force the acceptance of slavery there
http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=142648
Violence on the Floor of Congress
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts is assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks for speeches against slavery and its proponents
Charles Sumner Preston Brooks
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott sues for his freedom as a result of living in a free state of Illinois and Wisconsin
Dred Scott
Court Rules
Roger B. Taney1.He is Still a slave2. He can not sue because he is not a
citizen3. Slaves were property and the 5th
amendment prohibits taking away property without due process
Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the new territories and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and so was popular sovereignty