#Slave-Power
Events indexed under #Slave-Power — 28 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1859-10-16 | John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture John Brown · Robert E. Lee · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1858-08-21 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 1858-01-04 | Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas · Kansas voters · Lecompton Convention | confirmed | |
| 1857-03-06 | Dred Scott Decision Demonstrates Supreme Court Capture by Slave Power Through Political Collusion Roger B. Taney · James Buchanan · John Catron · Robert Cooper Grier · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1856-05-22 | Preston Brooks Beats Charles Sumner on Senate Floor, Southern Elite Celebrates Violence Preston Brooks · Charles Sumner · Andrew Butler · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1855-03-30 | Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence David Rice Atchison · Border Ruffians · Franklin Pierce · Kansas Territorial Government | confirmed | |
| 1854-05-30 | Kansas-Nebraska Act Repeals Missouri Compromise, Triggering Violent Territorial Conflict Stephen A. Douglas · Franklin Pierce · U.S. Congress · Pro-slavery Border Ruffians · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1853-03-04 | Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party · Slave Power | confirmed | |
| 1852-11-02 | Pierce Elected in Slave Power Landslide as Whig Party Collapses Over Slavery Franklin Pierce · Winfield Scott · Democratic Party · Whig Party | confirmed | |
| 1850-09-18 | Fugitive Slave Act Transforms Federal Government into Kidnapping Apparatus for Slaveholders U.S. Congress · Millard Fillmore · Federal commissioners · Federal marshals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1846-05-11 | Polk Deceives Congress into War Declaration with False American Blood Claims James K. Polk · Zachary Taylor · U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1844-03-01 | Tyler Administration Conducts Secret Texas Annexation Negotiations to Expand Slavery John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · John C. Calhoun · Isaac Van Zandt | confirmed | |
| 1843-10-16 | Tyler Begins Secret Texas Annexation Talks to Strengthen Slave Power John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · Isaac Van Zandt · Slave Power | confirmed | |
| 1837-11-07 | Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow Elijah Parish Lovejoy · Pro-slavery mob · Alton, Illinois authorities · John Quincy Adams · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1836-05-26 | House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture Henry L. Pinckney · John Quincy Adams · U.S. House of Representatives · American Anti-Slavery Society · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1832-11-24 | South Carolina Nullification Crisis Previews Slave Power Secession Tactics John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · South Carolina · Henry Clay · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1831-08-21 | Nat Turner Rebellion Triggers Brutal Repression and Tightening of Slave Codes Across the South Nat Turner · Virginia Legislature · Southern state governments · Enslaved population · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1830-05-28 | Indian Removal Act Authorizes Ethnic Cleansing to Benefit Land Speculators and Slaveholders Andrew Jackson · U.S. Congress · Cherokee Nation · Five Civilized Tribes · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1828-05-19 | Tariff of Abominations Imposes 45% Import Taxes, Triggering Nullification Crisis and Sectional Conflict U.S. Congress · John C. Calhoun · Andrew Jackson · Southern planters · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1821-08-10 | Missouri Compromise Finalizes Slave State Expansion After Racial Exclusion Crisis U.S. Congress · James Monroe · Henry Clay · Daniel Pope Cook · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1820-03-03 | Missouri Compromise Institutionalizes Slavery Expansion Through Sectional Bargaining Henry Clay · James Monroe · U.S. Congress · Slave Power advocates | confirmed | |
| 1800-12-03 | Thomas Jefferson Wins Presidency Through Three-Fifths Compromise Electoral Advantage Thomas Jefferson · John Adams · Virginia slaveholders · Electoral College | confirmed | |
| 1787-09-17 | Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections Constitutional Convention · James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1787-09-06 | Electoral College Design Leverages Three-Fifths Compromise to Amplify Slave State Power Constitutional Convention delegates · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Committee of Eleven | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-29 | Constitutional Convention Adopts Fugitive Slave Clause Requiring Northern Complicity Pierce Butler · Charles Pinckney · James Madison · South Carolina delegates · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-25 | Constitutional Convention Guarantees 20-Year Protection for International Slave Trade Committee of Eleven · William Livingston · John Rutledge · Charles Pinckney · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1787-08-08 | Gouverneur Morris Condemns Slavery as Curse of Heaven at Constitutional Convention Gouverneur Morris · James Madison · Southern state delegates · Pennsylvania delegation | confirmed | |
| 1787-07-12 | Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power James Wilson · Charles Pinckney · Gouverneur Morris · James Madison · +2 | confirmed |