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The Union in Peril
Slavery becomes the
dominant issue in US
politics leading to the birth
of new political parties
the election of Abraham
Lincoln and the secession
of Southern states
NEXT
Section 1
The Divisive Politics of SlaveryThe issue of slavery dominates US politics in the
early 1850s
NEXT
NORTHERN STATES
Industrialized variety of products
Advanced transportation
More cities
Better communication
More immigrants
SOUTHERN STATES
Rural plantations small farms
Limited transportation
Small towns
Limited communication
More African Americans than immigrants
Differences Between North and South
Slavery in the Territories1
SECTION
NEXT
Statehood for California
bull 1850 CA writes constitution elects leaders
applies for statehood
bull Pres Zachary Taylor supports admission of
California as free state
bull Recommends to angry South that slavery be
decided by each territory
The Senate Debates
Clayrsquos Compromise
bull Some Southerners threaten secession
withdrawal of state from Union
bull Fear by many that it would break up the
union
bull Henry Clay offers Compromise of 1850 to
settle disputes over slavery
1
SECTION
NEXT
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Section 1
The Divisive Politics of SlaveryThe issue of slavery dominates US politics in the
early 1850s
NEXT
NORTHERN STATES
Industrialized variety of products
Advanced transportation
More cities
Better communication
More immigrants
SOUTHERN STATES
Rural plantations small farms
Limited transportation
Small towns
Limited communication
More African Americans than immigrants
Differences Between North and South
Slavery in the Territories1
SECTION
NEXT
Statehood for California
bull 1850 CA writes constitution elects leaders
applies for statehood
bull Pres Zachary Taylor supports admission of
California as free state
bull Recommends to angry South that slavery be
decided by each territory
The Senate Debates
Clayrsquos Compromise
bull Some Southerners threaten secession
withdrawal of state from Union
bull Fear by many that it would break up the
union
bull Henry Clay offers Compromise of 1850 to
settle disputes over slavery
1
SECTION
NEXT
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NORTHERN STATES
Industrialized variety of products
Advanced transportation
More cities
Better communication
More immigrants
SOUTHERN STATES
Rural plantations small farms
Limited transportation
Small towns
Limited communication
More African Americans than immigrants
Differences Between North and South
Slavery in the Territories1
SECTION
NEXT
Statehood for California
bull 1850 CA writes constitution elects leaders
applies for statehood
bull Pres Zachary Taylor supports admission of
California as free state
bull Recommends to angry South that slavery be
decided by each territory
The Senate Debates
Clayrsquos Compromise
bull Some Southerners threaten secession
withdrawal of state from Union
bull Fear by many that it would break up the
union
bull Henry Clay offers Compromise of 1850 to
settle disputes over slavery
1
SECTION
NEXT
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Slavery in the Territories1
SECTION
NEXT
Statehood for California
bull 1850 CA writes constitution elects leaders
applies for statehood
bull Pres Zachary Taylor supports admission of
California as free state
bull Recommends to angry South that slavery be
decided by each territory
The Senate Debates
Clayrsquos Compromise
bull Some Southerners threaten secession
withdrawal of state from Union
bull Fear by many that it would break up the
union
bull Henry Clay offers Compromise of 1850 to
settle disputes over slavery
1
SECTION
NEXT
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
The Senate Debates
Clayrsquos Compromise
bull Some Southerners threaten secession
withdrawal of state from Union
bull Fear by many that it would break up the
union
bull Henry Clay offers Compromise of 1850 to
settle disputes over slavery
1
SECTION
NEXT
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
The Senate Debates
Terms of the Compromise
bull Compromise has provisions to appease North
and South
1 California to be a free state
2 more effective fugitive slave law
3 popular sovereigntymdashresidents of territory
vote to decide slavery
4 slave trade banned in DC but slavery permitted
5 Agreement of the border between Texas and New
Mexico
1
SECTION
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Section 2
Protest Resistance and Violence
Proslavery and antislavery factions disagree
over the treatment of fugitive slaves and the
spread of slavery to the territories
NEXT
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTbull Under the FEDERAL law
runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by jury
bull Anyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6
months and fined $1000
bull Northerners were upset
by the harshness of the
new law and often helped
hide fugitive slaves
A HARSH FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
FURTHER INCREASED TENSIONS
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
The Fugitive Slave Act
bull Fugitive Slave Actmdashpart of Compromise of 1850
has very harsh terms
bull Alleged fugitives denied jury trial right to testify on
own behalf
Protest Resistance and Violence2
SECTION
Resisting the Law
bull Northerners send fugitives to Canada some use force
in rescues
bull Personal liberty laws forbid prison for fugitives grant
jury trials
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Moses Leads The Way
To Freedom
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
bull Underground Railroadmdashsecret network of
people who help slaves escape
bull Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
becomes conductor on 19 trips
2
SECTION
NEXT
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
bull Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowersquos Uncle Tomrsquos
Cabin stirs protest
bull Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin shows slavery as moral
problem not just political
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
HarrietBeecherStowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who started the Civil War
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Uncle Tomrsquos Cabin
1852
bull Sold 300000 copies in the first year
bull 2 million in a decade
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NEXT
Section 4
Slavery and Secession
A series of controversial events heighten the
sectional conflict that brings the nation to the brink
of war
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NEXT
Slavery Dominates Politics
Dred Scott Decision
bull Dred Scott slave who had lived in free areas
sues for freedom
Slavery and Secession4
SECTION
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate)
Debates 1858
A House dividedagainst itself cannot stand
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NEXT
4
SECTION
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Positions and Arguments
bull Douglas slavery backward not immoral
Lincoln slavery immoral
bull Douglas thinks popular sovereignty will undo slavery
bull Lincoln thinks legislation needed to stop spread
of slavery
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
If you desire negro citizenship if you desire to allow
them to come into the State and settle with the white
man if you desire them to vote on an equality with
yourselves and to make them eligible to office to serve
on juries and to adjudge your rights then support Mr
Lincoln and the Black Republican party who are in
favor of the citizenship of the negro For one I am
opposed to negro citizenship in any and every form I
believe this Government was made on the white
basishellip
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
What is your opinion of granting citizenship to all male blacks in these Untied States
ldquoI will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes nor of qualifying them to hold office nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality And in as much as they cannot so live while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white racerdquo
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Mr Douglas any last words for our audience
ldquoThe framers of the Constitution well understood that each locality having separate and distinct interests required separate and distinct laws domestic institutions and police regulations adapted to its own wants and its own condition and they acted on the presumption also that these laws and institutions would be diversified and not similar and that no two would be precisely alike because the interests of no two would be precisely the samerdquo
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
Mr Lincoln what are your last words for our
audience
A house divided against itself cannot stand I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free I do not expect the Union to be dissolved mdash I do not expect the house to fall mdash but I do expect it will cease to be divided It will become all one thing or all the other Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States old as well as new mdash North as well as Southrdquo
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NEXT
4
SECTION
Harpers Ferry
bull John Brown plans to start a slave uprising needs
weapons
bull 1859 leads band to federal arsenal in Harpers
Ferry to get arms
bull US Marines put down rebellion capture Brown
Passions Ignite
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
4
SECTION
Lincoln Is Elected President
The Election of 1860
bull Democrats split over slavery
bull Lincoln wins with less than half of popular vote
- gets no Southern electoral votes
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
NEXT
4
SECTION
Southern Secession
The Shaping of the Confederacy
bull South Carolina and 6 other states secede
- want complete independence from federal control
- want to preserve slave labor system
bull Feb 1861 Confederacy or Confederate States of
America forms
bull Confederacy permits slavery recognizes each statersquos
sovereignty
bull Former senator Jefferson Davis unanimously elected
president
