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Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a book published in 1852, heading towards slavery. No other piece of literature about slavery had ever aroused such powerful emotions about slavery. In the North, millions of people were scared by the cruel conditions and treatment of enslaved people. Uncle Tom’s Cabin soon grew and became the second best selling book of the 19th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was important because it abolished the Missouri Compromise, and allowed for popular sovereignty in the new territories.The Act created two new territories such as Kansas and Nebraska. Popular Sovereignty would decide if slavery would exist in the new territories. The Act also soon led to the Bleeding Kansas, a violent uprising that settled a disagreement between antislavery and proslavery.

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

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Dred Scott was an enslaved person who joined his owner, to postings in a free state (Illinois) and free territory (Wisconsin) before returning to him to the slave state of Missouri. His wife and himself were soon sued for their freedom in a St. Louis court. Scott’s case eventually reached the United States Supreme Court.The Supreme Court analyzed them and asked questions such as; As a slave, was Scott a citizen who had the right to bring a case before a federal court? And, Did Scott’s time in a free state make him free? The final decision was Not just Scott, but all african Americans are not citizens; no free, or enslaved, African American could ever become a citizen.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dred-Scott

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between the Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln (Republican). The debates were on the, issues of slavery extension. Lincoln viewed slavery as, “The real issue in this controversy...is the sentiment of one class that looks upon the institution of slavery as a wrong.” They soon battled it out in the Election of 1860.

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/13/opinion/l-results-of-the-lincoln-douglas-debates-200187.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/Lincoln-Douglas-debates

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John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry (Oct 1859)

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John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry (Oct 1859)

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Brown and his followers attempted to raid the federal arsenal- In order to arm slaves for a rebellion to end slavery. This event had a huge effect on the U.S. It encouraged fears of a slave uprising. It also encouraged John Brown, a martyr in the North; he ended up dying by a hang on Dec. 2, 1859 after being charged with treason.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry

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Brown and his followers attempted to raid the federal arsenal- In order to arm slaves for a rebellion to end slavery. This event had a huge effect on the U.S. It encouraged fears of a slave uprising. It also encouraged John Brown, a martyr in the North; he ended up dying by a hang on Dec. 2, 1859 after being charged with treason.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry

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