LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820
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The Patriot Act
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Compromise of 1850
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Dred Scott Decision
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dred Scott Decision outraged abolitionists, who saw the Supreme Court’s ruling as a way to stop debate about slavery in the territories. The divide between North and South over slavery grew and culminated in the secession of southern states from the Union and the creation of the Confederate States of America.
Detailed explanation-2: -The birth of Dred Scott in 1799 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black slave and abolitionist. Scott was born a slave in Virginia as the property of the Peter Blow family.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone’s property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.