In death, John Brown would become this for many abolitionists.
The person who decided whether a captured "runaway slave" would be set free or returned to their "owner".
The number of dollars paid to a Commissioner should he reject a claim under the Fugitive Slave Act.
First state to secede from the Union.
President of the Confederacy
The main driver of the South's economy.
In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was:
In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise violated this amendment.
A contributing cause of the Civil War, but often cited as the main cause of the Civil War.
The main driver of the North's economy.
Militant and violent abolitionist.
The main cause of the Civil War.
One of the penalties of assisting runaway slaves.
This territory was added as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
African-Americans, if brought before a Commissioner, were not allowed to do this.
The number of Southern states Lincoln won in the 1860 election.
Writer of "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Lincoln's political party.
This territory was added as part of the Compromise of 1850.
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were this in 1857.
To formally break away from a political union.