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Missouri Compromise
1818 – 10 slave & 10 Free states
Illinois 11th freeS. expected Missouri to be 11th slave
Ala was admitted as a slave state
-S. Accused N. of trying to end slavery-N. Accused S. of trying to expand slavery
Missouri
Free or Slave?
Henry Clay =Missouri Comp =Maine freeMissouri slave
Louisiana Territory split at 36°30' into free & slave
John C. Calhoun = States Rights = Secession & Nullification
North = Abolitionists - Land from Guadalupe HidalgoWilmont P.
Katherine Naftel
Wilmont Provisio
Popular Sovereignty = Stephen Douglas
Compromise of 1850
Katherine Naftel
Henry Clay proposedHelped by Stephen Douglas (popular sov.) & Dainel Webster
1. Cali = Free State
2. DC slave trade outlawed…but not slavery
3. Popular sovereignty for New Mexico & Utah
4. Fugitive Slave lawno jury trialno right to testifyonly the word of owner
Katherine Naftel
Underground RailroadHarriet TubmanFugitives not entitled to a trialcould not testify in their defensepenalties for peps who help runawaysANGERED NORTHERNERS
Personal Liberty Laws
Katherine Naftel
9 N. statesno impressionment for runawaysguaranteed jury trial - held up forevercost slave catchers $$$$$
Pottawatomie, Kansas
Katherine Naftel
hacked 5 pro-slavery men to death with swords and machettes in front of their families
Harpers Ferry
Republican Party = abolitionists
Katherine Naftel
Fremont was the candidateBroke from the Whigs over slavery
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Freeport Doctrine
Katherine Naftel
"slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulation"just elect reps who would not enforec slave property laws.