Turner's Rebellion
Turner's Rebellion
people wanted slavery and some didn't so they went to war agiostThe Election of Abraham Lincoln, which prompted slave holding southern states to secede and then fired on Fort Sumter.
Fugitive slave act
The election of Lincoln is what prompted them to secede. When he was elected the southern states thought he would pass a federal law making slavery illegal, so they separated before he could do it. To Lincoln it became a States rights issue and he was determined to keep the union together.
The Fugitive Slave Law required Americans to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves to their owners, even if they were in free states. It aimed to strengthen the institution of slavery and prevent slaves from seeking freedom in the Northern states.
In the prelude-months before the formal beginning of the American Civil War, the event that prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union was the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States. With Lincoln's strong anti-slavery sentiments well-known throughout the nation, South Carolina anticipated further attacks upon its slave-holding way of life; therefore, it chose to secede from the Lincoln-led Union rather than endure these anticipated attacks.
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
The fugitive slave laws were established in the United States as part of the Compromise of 1850 to address the issue of runaway slaves. These laws required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they had reached free states. The laws aimed to strengthen the institution of slavery and appease the Southern states.
The "Border States" were slave states.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
Missouri was a slave state. Maryland and Kentucky were slave states.