Road to Revolution 1650-1763. Chesapeake Society Very unhealthy area –50% died before they were 20 –Women died at a higher rate –Lots of immigration.
Slavery and the Civil War Mexican War (1846) Wilmot Proviso (1846) Fugitive Slave Law (1850) Personal Liberty Laws (1850s) 3/5 Clause (1787) “Slave Seats”
The Antebellum Period HUSH Unit 5 The Causes of the Civil War Some say simplistically that the Civil War was fought over slavery. –Unfortunately, there.
The Old South and Slavery Chapter 12 1830-1860. Introduction What classes and class divisions existed in the Old South? Why did non slaveholding whites.
Chapter 11. The Icon of Frederick Douglass The Mason-Dixon Line Eve of Civil War – slave population was 4 million Between 1/3 to ½ of population.
