Slavery and Kansas o Fugitive Slave Act o

Slavery and Kansas o Fugitive Slave Act o Kansas-Nebraska o Underground Act o Bleeding Kansas o John Brown Railroad o Harriet Tubbman o Harriet Beecher Stowe o Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Fugitive Slave Act o Each case looked at by a federal commissioner n n $10 if returned to slavery $5 if freed o Anyone helping a fugitive slave could face $1000 fine and 6 months in jail

Fugitive Slave Act cont. o Northerners created Personal Liberty Laws n n n No runaway slave could be imprisoned Had to be tried by a jury Cost those trying to get a slave back a lot of money

Underground Railroad o “conductors” hid slaves as they ran to freedom in Canada

Harriet Tubbman o Runaway Slave o “Conductor” of the U. RR. o Made 19 trips to Canada n Freed 300 slaves o Could stay in Northern states or go to Canada

Harriet Beecher Stowe o Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin o Plot was melodramatic and stereotypical n n Put a face on slavery Made it a moral issue o Stowe did little research to write the book

Stowe Cont. “So you’re the little lady who started this big war” -Abraham Lincoln

Kansas Nebraska Act o Stephen Douglas n n Pushed the issue of popular sovereignty on the new territory of Kansas Convinced that the open prairie could not support slavery Southerners saw this as a way to flood the area with slave supporters If agreed to, it would repeal the Missouri Compromise

Kansas Nebraska Act n n n Bill would divide into two territories Nebraska in north Kansas in south o Did repeal the Missouri Compromise o Pres. Franklin Pierce signed bill into law in 1854

Bleeding Kansas o Settlers poured into Kansas to support their own views on slavery o Rivals created two seats of government n n n Proslavery government set up at Lecompton created a constitution with pro-slavery views Abolitionist government set up in Topeka

Bleeding Kansas cont. o Lawrence, KS was founded by abolitionists n n People of Lawrence were branded as traitors Lawrence was sacked May 21, 1856 p Posse of 800 men were sent to Lawrence p Burned anti-slavery headquarters p Destroyed two newspaper offices p Killed 5 men

John Brown o Believed that God had called upon him to fight slavery o Pottawatomie Massacre n In response to sacking of Lawrence p Pulled 5 proslavery men from their beds and cut off their head and stabbed them with swords n n Brown fled Served as a rallying cry for proslavery

Violence in the Senate o Sen. Charles Sumner n Anti-Slavery p Verbally attacked those who were proslavery including Sen. Andrew Butler from S. C. o Rep. Preston Brooks n Pro-Slavery p Nephew of Sen. Butler p Attacked Sumner on the floor of the senate with a cane