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  • Dred Scott Decision (1856)@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Specific_Cases/Dred_Scott_v__John_F__A__Sandford__1856_
  • Compromise of 1850@
    Explore the Compromise of 1850, aka the Pearce Act, a series of U.S. Congressional legislative actions to regulate the spread of slavery in the territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. Sites offer background information, graphic illustrations, historical speeches, and related documents about the legal measures which were anti-slavery milestones in the U.S. history.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Compromise_of_1850
  • Fugitive Slave Act@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Fugitive_Slave_Act
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854@
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  • Missouri Compromise@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Missouri_Compromise
  • Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery
    From Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
    www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/slavery/slmenu.htm
  • Thirteenth Amendment@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Amendments/Thirteenth_Amendment
  • Virtual Jamestown: Slave Laws
    Also covering laws concerning indentured servants.
    jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/laws.html
 



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