Slavery and Kansas  Fugitive Slave Act  Underground Railroad  Harriet Tubbman  Harriet Beecher Stowe  Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Kansas-Nebraska Act  Bleeding Kansas  John Brown

Fugitive Slave Act  Each case looked at by a federal commissioner $10 if returned to slavery $5 if freed  Anyone helping a fugitive slave could face $1000 fine and 6 months in jail

Fugitive Slave Act cont.  Northerners created Personal Liberty Laws No runaway slave could be imprisoned Had to be tried by a jury Cost those trying to get a slave back a lot of money

Underground Railroad  “conductors” hid slaves as they ran to freedom in Canada

Harriet Tubbman  Runaway Slave  “Conductor” of the U.RR.  Made 19 trips to Canada Freed 300 slaves  Could stay in Northern states or go to Canada

Harriet Beecher Stowe  Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Plot was melodramatic and stereotypical Put a face on slavery Made it a moral issue  Stowe did little research to write the book

Stowe Cont. “So you’re the little lady who started this big war” -Abraham Lincoln

Kansas Nebraska Act  Stephen Douglas Pushed the issue of popular sovereignty on the new territory of Kansas Convinced that the open prairie could not support slavery Southerners saw this as a way to flood the area with slave supporters If agreed to, it would repeal the Missouri Compromise

Kansas Nebraska Act Bill would divide into two territories Nebraska in north Kansas in south  Did repeal the Missouri Compromise  Pres. Franklin Pierce signed bill into law in 1854

Bleeding Kansas  Settlers poured into Kansas to support their own views on slavery  Rivals created two seats of government Proslavery government set up at Lecompton created a constitution with pro-slavery views Abolitionist government set up in Topeka

Bleeding Kansas cont.  Lawrence, KS was founded by abolitionists People of Lawrence were branded as traitors Lawrence was sacked May 21, 1856  Posse of 800 men were sent to Lawrence  Burned anti-slavery headquarters  Destroyed two newspaper offices  Killed 5 men

John Brown  Believed that God had called upon him to fight slavery  Pottawatomie Massacre In response to sacking of Lawrence  Pulled 5 proslavery men from their beds and cut off their head and stabbed them with swords Brown fled Served as a rallying cry for proslavery

Violence in the Senate  Sen. Charles Sumner Anti-Slavery  Verbally attacked those who were proslavery including Sen. Andrew Butler from S.C.  Rep. Preston Brooks Pro-Slavery  Nephew of Sen. Butler  Attacked Sumner on the floor of the senate with a cane