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This image just depicts how people saw slaves then. They called a rebellion a Massacre without any thought to the other side and why it occured

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The first Fugitive Slave Act, in 1793, stated that runaway slaves were to be captured and returned to their owners. Anyone who opposed this rule was to be punished. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act  was basically just reinforced the first Fugitive Slave Act and it stated that anyone who helped slaves escaped was to be punished much worse.

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The "Gag" Rule                     May, 1836

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The "Gag" Rule                     May, 1836

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In May of 1836, the "Gag" Rule had passed. The "Gag" Rule was proposed by John C. Calhoun but was rejected and a spin off of his proposition was instead passed. The "Gag" Rule was an indirect method to essentially stop slavery related protests. This angered many anti-slavers because the government was trying to ignore the issue.

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The Caning of Senator Sumner                             May 22, 1856

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The Caning of Senator Sumner                             May 22, 1856

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2 days prior to the attack on Senator Charles Sumner, Senator Sumner had given a speech. This speech was about Senator Stephen Douglas, and how Senator Sumner believed that Senator Douglas had plans to make Kansas a slave state and this speech caused quite a ruckus. Two days after the speech, on May 22, 1856,  Representative Preston Brooks brutally attacked Senator Sumner with a cane nearly to death. Both of these men, Representative Brooks and Senator Sumner, were seen as

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TCI

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uncle-toms-cabin-is-published

"Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly [Title page]" by Boston Public Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fugitive-slave-acts

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/image/SumnerCaning.htm

https://www.britannica.com/event/Fugitive-Slave-Acts

https://www.deseret.com/2016/10/6/20597674/nat-turner-a-rebel-and-a-man-of-faith

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It started with Harriet B. Stowe had a vision of an old slave being beat nearly to death by a cruel, mean slave owner. This vision that Stowe had seen drove her to write a book. This book was Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book that depicted the life of a slave and how rough it was. The book was published on March 20, 1852

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Nat Turners Rebellion     August 21, 1831 

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Nat Turners Rebellion     August 21, 1831 

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Nat Turner was a slave all his life and one day, August 21, 1831, he had seen an eclipse of the sun and this led him to believe that it was time for things to change, a revolution. And so that's what Turner did, he led a rebellion that ended 6 weeks later that truly scared southern slave owners and since that had happened many more oppressive laws about slaves were passed so that this couldn't happen again