First presidential candidate (+ president) for the Free-Soil Party

Famous for the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Conductor of the Underground Railroad; called "Moses" as she led her people to freedom

16th President of the United States; Elected without a single southern vote

33-year old enslaved person who shipped himself to freedom from Richmond, VA to the doorstep of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society

President of the Confederate States of America

Southern Congressman who said that if the North did not appease the South, the South would secede from the Union

Abolitionist from New York who often moved his family around the country to combat slavery; known for a raid he led on Harpers Ferry

Senator from Illinois who supported popular sovereignty; ran for President against Abraham Lincoln in 1860

The President before Abraham Lincoln; Elected largely in part thanks to his VP candidate, John C. Breckinridge

Enslaved person who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court; the court ruled against him

President who supported the Compromise of 1850