A Divided Nation

A runaway slave who returned to the South to help other escape via the Underground Railroad.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Runaway slave who became a well known abolitionist. Publisher of the North Star.

• Elihu Embree

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

Northern abolitionist, publisher of the Liberator, organizer of the Anti-Slavery Society

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

Abolitionist from Tennessee and publisher of the Emancipator

• Elihu Embree

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

Impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Encouraged Settlers to move west

• Rallied support for the Transcontinental Railroad

• Inflamed tensions between the North and South

• Boosted support for the Fugitive Slave Act

Seen as a hero to abolitionists after his Harper Ferry's Raid.

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• John Brown

• Elihu Embree

Goal of John Brown's actions

• Incite violence between the North and South

• Emancipate the slaves

• Stop a pending war

• Appease slave owners

Effect of Dred Scott Decision

• Southerners lost their rights

• Lincoln was elected President

• Slavery could be extended anywhere in the U.S.

• The idea of popular sovereignty grew

The main reason Northerners agreed to the Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• Banning of the Slave Trade in Washington D.C.

• Popular Sovereignty in NM and UT

• California added as a free state

The main reason Southerners agreed to the Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• Banning of the Slave Trade in Washington D.C.

• Popular Sovereignty in NM and UT

• California added as a free state