Compromise, Conflict, and Slavery

The Missouri Compromise

• North of MO Compromise Line would be free
• South of MO Compromise Line would be slave
• Maine became a free state
• Missouri became a slave state

Compromise of 1850

• California became a free state
• UT and NM Territories could decide if they would allow slavery
• Fugitive Slave Act: escaped slaves had to be returned

Kansas - Nebraska Act

• Created KS and NE Territories
• Popular Sovereignty: people could decide if they would allow slavery
• Eliminated the MO Compromise Line
• Created conflict between pro and anti slavery settlers

Bleeding Kansas

• Violence between pro and anti slavery settlers
• Border Ruffians: MO settlers who raided anti slavery settlers in KS
• Jayhawkers: anti slavery settlers in KS
• Attack on Lawrence: Border Ruffians destroyed parts of the city
• Pottawatomie Creek Massacre: John Brown killed 7 proslavery settlers  

Dred Scott Decision

• Dred Scott sued for his freedom and went to Supreme Court
• Court said Afr. Amer. are not citizens, have no right to sue
• Court said slaves were property, not people
• 5th Amendment protects people's property from being taken away

JOhn Brown's Raid

• Led an attack on Harpers Ferry, VA
• Planned to steal weapons from military arsenal and arm slaves
• Brown and his men were captured or killed
• Brown was convicted of treason and executed