Missouri Compromise

Politically, the Unionist leadership were out matched by the wave of secessionist leadership coming into power during the mid-to-late 1950s in Texas. The next three articles describe typical traits of the Unionist leadership and how those traits motivated them both politically and socially in the eventual support for or against secession. Kenneth Wayne Howell’s article, “When the Rabble Hiss, Well May Patriots Tremble: James Webb Throckmorton and the Secession Movement in Texas, 1854-1861,”…

The Civil War, a war within the United States caused by the sectional crisis, affected each state in a variety of ways. Unlike other areas, Arkansas’ experience in the Civil War differed from those of surrounding states. This was due to Arkansas being a border state, the main battles being fought east of Arkansas, and a collapse in Arkansas government. During the war, the states had split into two distinct political factions, known as the North and the South, over the issue of the future of…

During the early and late 1850s the United States was split into two parts North and South. The North who didn’t own slaves and were against segregation were helping blacks earn freedom, and the South who owned slaves and gave them no freedom what’s so ever by giving them harsh labor day and night. In the mid 1850s the North was helping owned slaves in the South escap by creating Underground Railroads and Safe Houses. Underground Railroads were the most effective way slaves were brought to…

The two major parties of the Jacksonian era include the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whig Party. During the 1830s to the 1840s, the Jacksonian Democratic Party and the Whig Party differed through their beliefs of social reforms and through the role of the federal government in the economy. Similarities are also found among the two parties. The Jacksonian Party was the most popular among the two parties. In this party, a largely agrarian republic and low tariffs were favored. Jacksonians…

state. In addition, different parts of the compromise lead to the Fugitive Slave Act, which hurt the north and south. The act required the north to give back any runaway slaves which created a considerable measure of tension for them. The act hurt the north the most because that it targeted them becoming a part of the slave system. The act bothered many abolitionists in the North and later became a tremendous issue. In any case, as time went on the compromise and the act brought about…

The parties of the 1860 election consisted of the Democrat party and the Republican party. The issue of slavery was a driving force behind many aspects of the parties’ respective platforms. Each party also had ideas of their own on what the United States should progress towards next. The Democratic Party of 1860 platform addressed expansion into new frontiers, foreign threats, and the issue of slavery. The Democratic Party’s favor towards expansion is revealed when they proposed to construct a…

As our county formed, there formed with it a subject of controversy. By the early 1860s it was beginning to tear our country apart. This subject was slavery. Each side, the northern abolitionists and the southern plantation owners believe themselves to be right. The plantation owners of the South argued several things. First, slaves were necessary to the economical growth of the country. Without slaves there would be a need to hire help on the plantations. Consequently, this would result in…

J’Naea Matlock Journal Entry 1 Runaway Slave JULY 8TH, 1850 My name is Kitch Robinson. I’m a seventeen year old slave in Boston Massachusetts. I got the diary from my mother who I was separated from by a white man that bought me. She taught me how to read and write at a young age. She told me to keep this journal, and write in it everyday so that one day when (if) I’m free I can show others how terrible life is as a slave. The way my life is going I’d thought I never be free. Life is Hell…

Harriet Tubman was a slave. She was against slavery and wanted every African American free. She decided that one day she would become free. Since she worked closely by the Underground Railroad, she led the slaves to the Underground Railroad and freed them. Today she is known for her bravery and saving over 300 slaves in the late 1800’s. Harriet Tubman was born in 1820. She had 7 siblings and her parents, and they were also slaves. She started doing housework and caring for white children on…

who tried to leave the union. This caused congress to draft the Compromise of 1850, which offered some compromization for the Southern and Northern states. Some of the compromises included that they'd abolish slavery in Washington, D, C, and to allow California be a free state. This gave strength to the Fugitive Slave act and also left a lot of Western states open to slavery. Taylor was still wasn’t agreeing and didn’t want to compromise. During the time Zachary Taylor had then died due to the…