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The Dred Scott decision was a March 6, 1857 opinion by the United States Supreme Court that living in a free state or territory did not entitle an enslaved individual, Dred Scott, to his freedom.

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The Dred Scott Decision: Crash Course Black American History #16

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The abolitionist movement was an organized attempt in the United States to abolish slavery.

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The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was the final straw, and within three months, seven southern states had declared independence from the United States: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by abolitionist John Brown to start a slave uprising in Southern states by seizing the United States armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, from October 16 to 18, 1859.

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The short civil war in the United States known as Bleeding Kansas (1854–59) was waged by pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists for control of the new territory of Kansas under the idea of popular sovereignty.

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Manufacturing and industry were well-established in the north, while agriculture was primarily restricted to small-scale farms. The economy of the South, on the other hand, was centered on a large-scale farming system that relied on the labor of Black enslaved people to grow certain products, including cotton and tobacco.

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While the United States was experiencing unprecedented expansion in the mid-nineteenth century, a core economic gap existed between the country's northern and southern areas.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to a proposal to build a railroad to help the slaves escape.

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Literacy was not very common for women or slaves. Slaves who have learned how to read and write often got in trouble, beings there was a law against it.

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Cotton picking was a common job that slaves had to do.

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A law that was made to prevent people from helping slaves escape.

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It was a compromise that settled between free states and slave states.

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Harriet Tubman helped thousands of slaves escape their enviornment.