Laws
During the time of slavery in America many laws and compromises were made that made slavery possible. They were also made to try to prevent the country over splitting because of the different opinions about slavery in different parts of the country.
LEARN ABOUT LAWS
Browse the Laws below and click for the information about them.
--> South Carolina Act of 1740
--> The Three-Fifths Compromise in 1787
--> Norhwest Ordinance of 1787
--> Missouri Compromise of 1820
--> The Wilmot Proviso in 1846
--> Compromise of 1850
--> Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
--> Dredd Scott Decision in 1857
--> Crittenden Compromise of 1860
--> Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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