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1 Protest, Resistance, and Violence
10.2 Protest, Resistance, and Violence Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the spread of slavery to the territories. Clash between proslavery and antislavery groups in Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, 1850s. NEXT

2 I. Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
2 SECTION I. Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad A. The Fugitive Slave Act • FSA—part of Compromise of 1850, has very harsh terms • Alleged fugitives denied jury trial, right to testify on own behalf • Federal commissioners paid more for returning than freeing accused • People convicted of helping a fugitive fined, imprisoned, or both B. Resisting the Law • Northerners send fugitives to Canada, some use force in rescues • Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives, grant jury trials Continued . . . NEXT

3 C. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
2 SECTION C. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad • Underground Railroad—secret network of people who help slaves escape • Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery, becomes conductor on 19 trips • Fugitives go on foot at night, often no food, avoiding armed patrols • Some fugitives stayed in North; others go on to Canada D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin stirs protest • Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows slavery as moral problem, not just political NEXT

4 II. Tension in Kansas and Nebraska
2 SECTION II. Tension in Kansas and Nebraska A. Popular Sovereignty Douglas believes people want territories incorporated into Union Feels popular sovereignty on slavery best way to organize new states B. The Kansas-Nebraska Act Douglas’s bill repeals Missouri Compromise; bitter debate ensues 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act allows popular sovereignty on slavery NEXT

5 Jayhawkers and Bushwackers fight it out over Kansas
2 SECTION III. Violence Erupts in “Bleeding Kansas” A. The Race for Kansas Northern, Southern settlers pour into Kansas Territory In 1855, Kansas holds election for territorial legislature Proslavery “border ruffians” vote illegally, win fraudulent majority Violence erupts between proslavery and antislavery advocates in the territory Territory becomes known as Bleeding Kansas for incidents that kill some 200 people Jayhawkers and Bushwackers fight it out over Kansas becoming a free state or a pro-slavery state. Continued . . . NEXT

6 B. Violence in the Senate
2 SECTION B. Violence in the Senate Senator Charles Sumner verbally attacks colleagues, slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks beats Sumner with his cane for insults to uncle Southerners applaud Brooks; Northerners condemn him NEXT

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