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#Slave-Power

Events indexed under #Slave-Power — 28 entries in the record.

28 events From Jul 12, 1787 To Oct 16, 1859 Open in filter view →
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1787 · 6 events1800 · 1 event1820 · 1 event1821 · 1 event1828 · 1 event1830 · 1 event1831 · 1 event1832 · 1 event1836 · 1 event1837 · 1 event1843 · 1 event1844 · 1 event1846 · 1 event1850 · 1 event1852 · 1 event1853 · 1 event1854 · 1 event1855 · 1 event1856 · 1 event1857 · 1 event1858 · 2 events1859 · 1 event17871859
DateEventLanesStatus
1859-10-16John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture 3 src
John Brown · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines
confirmed
1858-08-21Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle 3 src
Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party
confirmed
1858-01-04Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery 3 src
James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas
confirmed
1857-03-06Dred Scott Decision Demonstrates Supreme Court Capture by Slave Power Through Political Collusion 4 src
James Buchanan · U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
1856-05-22Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence 3 src
U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives
confirmed
1855-03-30Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence 3 src
Franklin Pierce
confirmed
1854-05-30Kansas-Nebraska Act Repeals Missouri Compromise, Triggering Violent Territorial Conflict 3 src
Stephen A. Douglas · Franklin Pierce · U.S. Congress · Free-State settlers
confirmed
1853-03-04Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion 3 src
Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party
confirmed
1852-11-02Pierce Elected in Slave Power Landslide as Whig Party Collapses Over Slavery 3 src
Franklin Pierce · Democratic Party · Whig Party
confirmed
1850-09-18Fugitive Slave Act Transforms Federal Government into Kidnapping Apparatus for Slaveholders 5 src
U.S. Congress · Slaveholders
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1846-05-11Polk Deceives Congress into War Declaration with False American Blood Claims 3 src
James K. Polk · U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · Whig Party
confirmed
1844-03-01Tyler Administration Conducts Secret Texas Annexation Negotiations to Expand Slavery 3 src
John Tyler · John C. Calhoun
confirmed
1843-10-16Tyler Begins Secret Texas Annexation Talks to Strengthen Slave Power 3 src
John Tyler
confirmed
1837-11-07Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow 4 src
John Quincy Adams · John Brown · Abraham Lincoln
confirmed
1836-05-26House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture 5 src
John Quincy Adams · U.S. House of Representatives
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1832-11-24South Carolina Nullification Crisis Previews Slave Power Secession Tactics 3 src
John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · U.S. Congress
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1831-08-21Nat Turner Rebellion Triggers Brutal Repression and Tightening of Slave Codes Across the South 5 srcconfirmed
1830-05-28Indian Removal Act Authorizes Ethnic Cleansing to Benefit Land Speculators and Slaveholders 3 src
Andrew Jackson · U.S. Congress · Cherokee Nation · Land speculators · +1
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1828-05-19Tariff of Abominations Imposes 45% Import Taxes, Triggering Nullification Crisis and Sectional Conflict 3 src
U.S. Congress · John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · Southern planters
confirmed
1821-08-10Missouri Compromise Finalizes Slave State Expansion After Racial Exclusion Crisis 3 src
U.S. Congress · James Monroe · Henry Clay
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1820-03-03Missouri Compromise Institutionalizes Slavery Expansion Through Sectional Bargaining 3 src
Henry Clay · James Monroe · U.S. Congress
confirmed
1800-12-03Thomas Jefferson Wins Presidency Through Three-Fifths Compromise Electoral Advantage 3 src
Thomas Jefferson · John Adams
confirmed
1787-09-17Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections 5 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison
confirmed
1787-09-06Electoral College Design Leverages Three-Fifths Compromise to Amplify Slave State Power 3 src
James Madison · Southern state delegates
confirmed
1787-08-29Constitutional Convention Adopts Fugitive Slave Clause Requiring Northern Complicity 3 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison
confirmed
1787-08-25Constitutional Convention Guarantees 20-Year Protection for International Slave Trade 3 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison · Southern state delegates
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1787-08-08Gouverneur Morris Condemns Slavery as Curse of Heaven at Constitutional Convention 3 src
James Madison · Southern state delegates
confirmed
1787-07-12Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power 3 src
Charles Pinckney · James Madison · Southern state delegates
confirmed