1850 Nashville Convention 9 Southern States “Fire Eaters”-Southern Extremists Threaten Secession Over California Statehood.

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1850 Nashville Convention 9 Southern States “Fire Eaters”-Southern Extremists Threaten Secession Over California Statehood

New Fugitive Slave Law National, State, Local Officials Fines & Jail Terms For Assistance Fugitives-No Counsel, No Jury, No Testify in Defense Special Commissioner-$10 or $5

Northern Responses Vigilance Committees-Escape to Canada Personal Liberty Laws Nullification???

Election of 1852 D- Franklin Pierce-Compromise of 1850 & Popular Sovereignty W-Winfield Scott-Party Splits Over Slavery ***End of Whigs ***Last Candidate to Win N & S Regions

1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Evils of Slavery-Physical & Mental Abuse, Separation of Families Uncle Tom Whipped to Death by Overseer Simon LeGree Tremendous Social Impact in N & S

Manifest Destiny Continues? Southern Filibuster to Acquire Cuba Cancelled 1854 Ostend Manifesto-US Agrees to Purchase or Seize Cuba Walker Filibusters-Attempts by Southerners to Take Nicaragua

1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Stephen Douglas (Ill.)-Railroad Route From Ill. To Ca. Route Must Pass Kansas/Nebraska Territories Needs Southern Votes Allows Popular Sovereignty Above 36 30

Results Missouri Compromise Repealed Abolition Movement Increases Free States Unwilling to Compromise in Future Democratic Party Splits Birth of Republican Party-Stop Expansion of Slavery

Republican Coalition Conscience Whigs, Northern Democrats, Free Soilers, Know Nothings ***Not on Southern Ballots