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The Road to Secession: Sectional Balance in the 1850s

Explore the problems of sectional balance in the 1850s, including issues of statehood, secession threats, Underground RR, fugitive slave laws, and the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Dive into the Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown's raid, and the Dred Scott case. Discover the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the divisive state of the country.

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The Road to Secession: Sectional Balance in the 1850s

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  1. The 1850s: Road to Secession By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Problems of Sectional Balancein 1850 • California/Texas statehood. • Southerners threatening secession. • Underground RR & fugitive slave issues: • Personal liberty laws • Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

  3. Compromise of 1850

  4. HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896) So this is the lady who started the Civil War. -- Abraham Lincoln

  5. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 • Sold 300,000 copies inthe first year. • 2 million in a decade!

  6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852

  7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852 • Characters: • Uncle Tom – a kindly Christian black slave • Eliza – slave who runs away with her child • Eva St. Clare– Christian who befriends Tom, dies young • Simon Legree – Evil Northerner who kills Tom • Shelbys – Original owners of Tom • Quimbo & Sambo – Overseers who kill Tom, turn to Christianity

  8. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852 • How did this book effect the Civil War? • Creates a moral fervor about slavery • Isolates the South from Europe • Antagonizes the Southern slave owners • Equates Christianity with abolitionism • Inspires slaves through “Tom Shows” • Drove early war enlistments.

  9. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

  10. “Bleeding Kansas” Border “Ruffians”(pro-slavery Missourians)

  11. “The Crime Against Kansas” Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA) Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)

  12. John Brown: Madman, Murderer or Martyr? Mural in the Kansas Capitol buildingby John Steuart Curry (20c)

  13. John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

  14. John Brown: Madman, Murderer or Martyr? • Madman? • Thought that God had spoken to him directly • Showed no sorrow at the death of his son • Killed Southerners in cold blood • Thought he could start a slave rebellion to destroy the South in one fell swoop (Harper’s Ferry) • Murderer? • Killed pro-slavery men at Potowatomie Creek, in Kansas • Was willing to start a rebellion to kill every white in the South • Personally killed many people in battle, both in Kansas and at Harper’s Ferry • Martyr? • Other than taking over the arsenal, didn’t engage in any offensive action at all at Harper’s Ferry • Seemed overjoyed to be killed for his crime • Talked about sacrificing himself for the cause of abolition

  15. Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857 • The Ruling • Since Scott is not a man, he cannot sue. • Since he is someone else’s property, he must be able to be retained. • The governments of all lands have the obligation to help people maintain their property.

  16. The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858 A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

  17. Stephen Douglas & the Freeport Doctrine PopularSovereignty!

  18. Abraham Lincoln’s “Dred Scott” Response “A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand”

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