CRISIS OF THE 1850’S
SLAVERY AND THE TERRITORIES
1787: Slavery Prohibited in Northwest Territories
1820: Missouri Compromise Prohibits Slavery N. of 360 30’
Slavery in 1820
Slavery in 1860
Compromise of 1850
Politics after the Compromise
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT Author: Stephen Douglas
“BLEEDING KANSAS”
DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD 1857
Election of 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Email: tim.d.hall@cmich.edu
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