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The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Slavery Debate: Struggles for Freedom in America

Chapter 18 explores the contentious debate over slavery leading to the war in Kansas, including the introduction of the Wilmot Proviso which aimed to ban slavery in U.S. territories. California's admission as a free state and the implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act are key events. The chapter highlights Stephen Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act and the ensuing violence, such as the "Sack of Lawrence" and the Pottawatomie Massacre led by John Brown. It also examines the role of significant figures like Henry Clay and Harriet Beecher Stowe in shaping public sentiment against slavery.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Slavery Debate: Struggles for Freedom in America

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  1. Chapter 18, Sections 1,2. The Debate over Slavery and the War in Kansas.

  2. The Wilmot Proviso • Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territories.

  3. CA was antislavery due to its having been owned by Mexico, and also because its miners did not want to compete against slave labor. California and Slavery

  4. Came up with a compromise that would allow California to be admitted as a free state, and created a new harsher fugitive slave law. Henry Clay

  5. Fugitive Slave Act (1850)Commissioners were paid twice as much to call a fugitive a slave rather than free him.

  6. Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe

  7. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act so he could get his Chicago Railroad. Also had a series of debates with Abe Lincoln. Stephen Douglas

  8. The Kansas and Nebraska Act • The Northerners believed that popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska violated the Missouri Compromise.

  9. Kansas was up-for-grabs until a proslavery legislature was voted in. Then it bled.

  10. The first Kansas legislature made it a crime to speak against slavery.

  11. Abolitionist Reverend who raised money from his congregation for rifles for antislavery Kansans. Henry Ward Beecher

  12. “Sack of Lawrence”. • When an anti-slavery legislature started up, a pro-slavery posse went after its members. They fled… and one man died.

  13. Abolitionist responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre, and the arsenal raid at Harper’s Ferry. Wanted to arm the slaves. John Brown

  14. Made a speech criticizing the actions of proslavery Kansans- and got beat unconscious for it. Charles Sumner

  15. Preston Brooks was congratulated by Southerners for beating Sumner unconscious. They sent him replacement canes.

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