Vanessa Bratcher Judy Graves History 358 13 October 2010 Bibliography of Clara Brown During the time of slavery many African Americans suffered from the harsh treatment of their owners. Clara Brown was one of the many slaves that experienced separation from her loved ones‚ forced into labor and abuse. Clara Brown was born into slavery in 1803 in Spotsylvania County‚ Virginia. Brown and her mother were separated from her father when they were bought by tobacco farmer Ambrose Smith. From the
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appearing more and more ominous‚ establishing party leaders moved to resolve differences between the sections. In 1850‚ California asked to be admitted into the Union as a free state. Many southerners opposed the measure‚ fearing that it would upset the sectional balance in Congress. Senator Henry Clay offered a plan with four main provisions that came to be known as the Compromise of 1850. California would enter the Union as a free state. The slave trade‚ but not slavery itself‚ would be abolished
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died in office (1784-1850) Fugitive Salve Act- provided harsh punishments for people who helped slaves run away. It also forced people living in free states to return run-away slaves to their owners. Transcontinental Railroad- railroad network of trackage that crosses a continental landmass‚ with termini at different oceans or continental borders Kansas Nebraska Act- 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska‚ opened new lands‚ repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ and allowed
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Good Luck everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrG0AwUJQDQ 1. AdamsOnís Treaty (1819) (Transcontinental Treaty) The treaty between the United States and Spain that gave Florida to the United States and set out a boundary between the United States and New Spain (now Mexico) that settle boundary disputes. Treaty was negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Don Luis de Onís. John Quincy Adams was big into gaining territory. The treaty was significant because it gave Florida to the United States and
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The Mexican War is often regarded as one of the United State’s most controversial wars. The idea of Manifest Destiny was beginning to consume the minds of many Democratic Americans. They wished for the United States to expand their land to possess a continental control; it was believed that more land would mean furthered economical success. Meanwhile‚ the Whigs felt that the key to expanding the country was embracing the economical endeavors that were already being pursued. In order for the continent
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Expansion brought along a lot of controversy over whether the South could bring their slaves wherever they wanted and which new states would be slave or free. The issue over free or slave state many times was resolved by a compromise such as the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave
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within our country. The North was working to bring an end to slavery with the creation of the routes to free slaves. The South was enthusiastic about the continuation of slavery with the help of the courts. The conflicts were put on hold with many compromises‚ but were dismantled by future legislation leading to bloodshed in America. The North wanted to abolish slavery. With the support of newspapers and books such as the Liberator and Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ information was given to the public to open
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Southern delegates went so far as to concede control on commercial regulation in exchange for the protection of slavery. The threat of southern delegates abandoning the convention forced northerners to compromise on this issue in order to ratify the Constitution. While the delegate’s compromise established initial unity between the North and South‚ it set out a precedent for sectional concessions‚ which became increasingly intolerable to the other side. Increased sectional tensions eventually resulted
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Why did Judge Hall choose John Jameson for Celia’s defense? Given the impact of the slavery issue upon Missouri’s politics at the time‚ the Judge Hall hoped for the trail to be conducted as expeditiously and decorously as possible‚ in a manner that ran the least risk of arousing the ire of either camp. Judge Hall needed a capable attorney‚ one of considerable standing in the community. He needed an attorney with proven political sensibilities‚ one who had not participated significantly in the slavery
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