1. Protest, Resistance, & Violence
Chapter 10 Section 2

2. I Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Fugitive Slave Act
Alleged fugitives not entitled to trial by jury & cannot testify on own behalf
Fed commissioners who enforced the law were given $10 for every returned slave and $5 if fugitive was freed
Anyone convicted of helping fugitive $1,000 fine and 6 months in prison

3. A. Resisting the Law 9 N states passed personal liberty laws
Forbid the imprisonment of runaway slaves
N lawyers dragged out trials to increase ct. charges for southerners
S was angry at N resistance to the law

4. B. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Escaping meant traveling on foot to north through forests and rivers
Underground RR= secret network of ppl including free AF AM and abolitionists who hide fugitive slaves and help them N
“conductors” his, fed, & directed fugitives to next “station”
Harriet Tubman= 1 of the most famous conductors who was born a slave but escaped

5. C. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Delivered message that slavery was not just pol. But also moral struggle
Increased N abolitionist protests against FSA
S claims book attacks the South as a whole

6. II Tensions in Kansas and Nebraska
Tensions intensified after issue of slavery in the terr. Resurfaced
Comp of 1850 was supposed to solve it

7. A. Douglas and Popular Sovereignty
Douglas proposed splitting up terr. Into Nebraska and Kansas
Wants to build RR from Chicago to San Fran
1st had to make deal w/ southerners who wanted the RR in the south
Believed that pop sov would solve wuestion of slavery in Nebraska terr. But it laid above Mizzou Comp line (no slave above line)
Assumed it would eter as 2 states (1 free & 1 slave) to preserve balance

8. B. Kansas Nebraska Act
Douglas introduces bill that would divide area into 2 terr (Nebraska & Kansas)
If passed would repeal the Mizzou Comp and establish pop sov
Kansas-Nebraska act gets passed and dissolves Mizzou Comp

9. II “Bleeding Kansas”
Ppl from N and S poured into Kansas to race for possession of Kansas
Kansas pop reaches # to make const. and apply for statehood
Fraudulent voters from Mizzou cross border and vote illegally
Pro slavery leg. Passed
Abolitionists refuse to recognize new state const. and set up their own sep. gov’t

10. A. “Sack of Lawrence” Anti slavery settler found town named Lawrence
Proslavery posse go to Lawrence, destroy, loot houses and businesses
Abolitionist newspapers call the event the “sack f Lawrence”

11. B. “the Pottawatomie Massacre”
John Brown was anti slavery fanatic believed god called him to fight slavery
Set on revenge for “sack of Lawrence”
He and his sons kidnap 5 pro slavery men, take the to Pottawatomie Creek, and execute them
Incidents spark many moreterr called “Bleeding Kansas”

12. C. Violence in the Senate
Senator Sumner made speech in which heh attacks his colleagues for supporting slavery
Focuses on senator Butler
Butlers nephew congressmen Brook was angers by Sumners attack on his uncle and the Sbeat Sumner over head with cane until it broke

13. Southerners send Brooks new canes in show of support
Northerners leave his seat empty as a tribute and cite the attack as proof of southern brutality
N and S grow further apart