Abolitionist Movements
Ablotionists were people against slavery, they helped take slaves by taking them into their homes and providing them with food and sleep. Albolitionists could be violent when it came to slaves, for Albolitionist John Brown captured Harper's Ferry. This action was one of great violence.
Dred Scott Case.
They took a slave to court. He was free.
Went to Supreme Court - he said he was a citizen.
The Supreme Court said he was NOT a person, or citizen. He was sent back South.
Fugitive Slave Law said that slaves could be 'returned' to the South if they escaped.
People hired Bounty Hunters and random African Americans were taken down South to be slaves
Dred Scott Case.
They took a slave to court. He was free.
Went to Supreme Court - he said he was a citizen.
The Supreme Court said he was NOT a person, or citizen. He was sent back South.
Fugitive Slave Law said that slaves could be 'returned' to the South if they escaped.
People hired Bounty Hunters and random African Americans were taken down South to be slaves
Important People
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book against slavery. It told the truth about how the slaves were treated.
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom after his owner died(he was owned by the widow.) and he was taken into free territory.
John Brown was an Abolitionist who was in charge of the Pottawatomie Massacre, there, 5 slave owners were killed in a violent protest against slavery.
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom after his owner died(he was owned by the widow.) and he was taken into free territory.
John Brown was an Abolitionist who was in charge of the Pottawatomie Massacre, there, 5 slave owners were killed in a violent protest against slavery.
