In 1820‚ the Missouri Compromise was passed which acted upon slavery. It claimed Maine and Missouri as free states‚ and also abolished slavery territories north of the latitude 36° 30’. When revolts of the slaves happened‚ the south imposed harsher treatments on their slaves‚ causing increased number of runaway slaves. By 1850‚ another Fugitive Slave Act is passed‚ this one being more strict than the first one. In 1860‚ Abraham Lincoln becomes the first republican
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Zion Stroman March 6‚ 2012 Ms Nimmons 1st Grade Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1820. She was one of eleven children born to African slaves named Harriett Green and Benjamin Ross. They were slaves of the Maryland planter named Edward Brodas. Her family came from the Ashanti tribe based in West Africa. Harriet was injured as a teenager when she was hit by a lead stone while attempting to help a slave get away.
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evolved as people of different cultures and classed had to work together‚ while the south continued to hold on to an antiquated social order. This difference between the norths would cause problems in the future. The Missouri Compromise passed in 1820 that passed a rule that prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase and Main. Leaving Missouri and west of it slave states. Which later on the Southern believed that slavery would be under attack and began to build arguments to
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could now defy wind‚ waves‚ tides‚ and downstream currents. Carrying capacity doubled. Keelboats went up the Mississippi at about 1 mph which was very expensive. The steamboats traveled over 10 mph against the current. By 1820 there were 60 steamboats on the Mississippi. By 1860 there were over 1000. Rivalries developed and led to racing. The steamboats led to an opening of the West and South which were filled with rivers. Until 1830 the products of the western region went southward and very little
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Throughout the novice decades of the newly founded United States‚ the act of slavery played an essential role in aiding plantation owners cultivate and harvest fields‚ which was the foundation of the Southern state’s economy. The constant struggle for equality between African Americans and the white race seemed never-ending as African Americans demanded the rights to life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Luckily‚ in the year 1804‚ all Northern states voted for the abolishment of slavery. Though
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established the royal African company to transport humans from Africa to America. When England finally outlawed its slave trade in 1807‚ America relied on its own internal slave trade. By 1860‚ millions of slaves were still moved and sold in the colonies‚ but no new slaves were imported into the US after 1808. In 1820‚ the Missouri compromise banned slavery in all new western states‚ the South saw this as a threat. The country began to divide around the 18th century over the North and South issue. When
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19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. And‚ as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick Douglass‚ in all of her journeys she "never lost a single passenger." Tubman was born a slave in Maryland’s Dorchester County around 1820. At age five or six‚ she began to work as a house servant. Seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. While she was still in her early teens‚ she suffered an injury that would follow her for the rest of her life. Always ready to stand up
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Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who was involved in the fight to end slavery. She established the underground railroad‚ which was a way to get slaves safely to the north.Harriet Tubman was born between 1820-1825‚ but it is not certain the exact day or year.She was born in Dorchester County‚ Maryland. Harriet Tubman was originally named Araminta Harriet Ross and went by the nickname “Minty”. She was born to enslaved parents and had 10 siblings. When she was young‚ she was beat very often by her
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working as a steamship captain‚ Vanderbilt he started a business for himself in the late 1820s‚ and then became one of the country’s largest steamship operators. During this time he gained a reputation for being
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Racism has been a problem in America for centuries. From slavery‚ to Jim Crow laws‚ to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson‚ racism always has been‚ and will always be a problem. In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Hurston talked about racism and showed how it affected the life of the main character‚ Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God took place in the 1890s‚ a period of violent racially motivated crimes and segregation. This segregation played a huge role in people’s lives‚ in
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