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Abolitionist Movement
In 1829, David Walker, a freeman of color originally from the South, published An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in Boston, Massachusetts http://www.historynet.com/abolitionist-movement -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was an ordeal caused by South Carolina wanting to nullify laws or tariffs that they didn't agree with and undermine the Federal government. This caused lots of controversy and upheave in the government. Eventually, both sides would claim victory. South Carolina believing they won because the Federal government agreed to reduce tariffs and the government believing they'd won because South Carolina would repeal their orginal ordinence. -
Frederick Douglass and the North Star:
The North Star was an antil slavery paper published by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a very influential orator and writer for the abolitionist movement at the time. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Bleeding Kansas
"Bleeding Kansas" was a period of violence between pro and anti-slavery towns. This involved the Brown murders of pro slave supporters and burning of buildings and vandalism on both sides. -
Kansas?Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act gave states and territories the option of popular soverignty to choose whether they wanted to be free or slave states. The outcome would eventually produce a free state majority in the Union. -
Dred Scott Decision
This decision states that the U.S. government doesn't recognize black slaves as citizens. Slaves are property and have no right to a court of law or any basic human rights at all. -
Election of 1860
While he did not win the popular vote Lincoln would win the electoral college vote that would give him the Preidency, an event that would add to the impending Civil War. -
South Carolina's Secession
On Dec. 20 1860 South Carolina seceeded from the Union after meeting for the South Carolina Convention. They believed that slavery was protected by the Constitution and that the North had been dishonest, and that Lincoln wouldn't defend them. -
Formation of the Confederecy:
South Carolina was the first to secede, on December 20, 1860, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. On February 8, 1861, those states announced the formation of the Confederate States of America and creating the capital in Montgomery, Alabama.
