The Road to the Civil War

1859-an abolitionist organized a group to capture weapons for future attacks. He was arrested, tried, & executed

California would enter the Union as a free state; the North had to pass & enforce the Fugitive Slave Law

This Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were private property.

He escaped slavery & became a leader of the abolitionist movement. Wrote an autobiography about life as a slave.

These laws were made to control the lives of enslaved African Americans.

This law passed in 1850 required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners.

She escaped slavery & became one of the most famous "conductors" of the Underground Railroad.

An abolitionist is someone who wanted to abolish (end) slavery.

This law passed in 1854 allowed territories to decide whether they would become slave or free states.

After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, states could vote on slavery. Kansas became a fighting ground between pro & anti slavery

She was a slave in the North that was freed in 1828. She traveled & spoke out against slavery and for women's rights.

This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe spoke against the Fugitive Slave Law. Northerners were horrified.

The Underground Railroad was a train system that ran underground

Divided Louisiana Territory into slavery and non-slavery. Missouri entered Union as slave state; Maine as free state.

He started the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator. He also supported women's rights.