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Pottawatomie Massacre. 1856. John Brown’s abolitionists kill 5 pro-slavery settlers.
Radical Republicans. 1860-77. Anti-slavery faction of US Republican Party. Abolitionists.
Republican Party. 1792 Jefferson’s agrarian party. 1820 Whigs. 1854. Anti-slavery party. Lincoln. = Grand Old Party. vs Democratic Party.
Seward, William. 1801-72. Anti-slavery US statesman. “Seward’s Folly”-bought Alaska 1867.
Slavery. Babylon. Egypt. Greece. Rome. European colonies 1440s-19C. 1502 First blacks shipped to America. 1562- Trade. 1807 abolished in Britain, 1833 throughout Empire. 1816 Morocco abolished Christian slaves. 1851 Colombia, 1861 USA, 1930 Liberia. 2001 27M slaves in Mauritania, Sudan, Asia, Brazil.
Tappan, Arthur. 1786-1865. US abolitionist. Founded Anti-Slavery Society 1833.
Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915. US black educator: Up from Slavery 1901.
Whig. 1834-54. US political party. Divided over slavery, most became Republican.
Wyandotte Constitution. 1859. Conclusion of Bleeding Kansas. Rejected slavery, women’s suffrage.
Yancey, William. 1814-63. US pro-slavery secession leader. American Civil War.