CHAPTER 180
Northerners Rebel Against the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Fillmore Embarrassed By Failed Treason Trial In Christiana Runaway Case
Deeply Flawed “Scientific Studies” Used To Support Black Inferiority
Talks Proceeds On A Cross-Isthmus Canal In Central America
CHAPTER 184
Northerners Again Resist The Fugitive Slave Act
A Filibustering Adventure To Conquer Cuba Is Foiled
Free Black Leaders Make Their Voices Heard
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Abraham Lincoln Re-emerges On The Political Stage
The March Is On To Build A Trans-Continental Railroad
Whigs Suffer Losses In Mid-Term Elections
The “Gadsden Purchase” Supports A Southern Route For The Pacific Railroad
Filibusterer William Walker Seizes The Nation of Nicaragua
CHAPTER 176
The “Ostend Manifesto” To Seize Cuba Embarrasses Pierce’s Administration
Douglas’ Plan To Organize The Nebraska Territory Fails Again In The Senate
President Taylor Dies Suddenly
Pro-Unionists Prevail At the Nashville Convention
Lemon v New York Asserts A “Once Free Forever Free” Standard
The Pro-Slavery Forces In Kansas Steal Another Election
Kansas Experiences Its First Fraudulent Election
More Public Violence Accompanies The Slavery Debates
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Arouses More Sympathy For Slaves And Runaways
CHAPTER 179
Presidential Candidates Chosen Amidst Deep Party Divisions
CHAPTER 165
The History Of Run-Away Slaves And Measures To Stop Them
Fillmore Offers A “Delayed Inaugural Address” To Congress
CHAPTER 174
Millard Fillmore’s Term
CHAPTER 167
Two More Southern Conventions Search For A Political Strategy On Slavery
Congress Passes The Controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act
CHAPTER 175
An “Underground Railroad” Assists The Runaways
CHAPTER 188
Filibusterer William Walker Attempts To Create A Republic Of Lower California
Franklin Pierce’s Term
The Race Is On To Decide The “Slavery Question” In Kansas
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CHAPTER 182
A “Know Nothing” Party Is Formed To Oppose Catholic Immigrants
A Nascent “Republic Party” Is Formed To Oppose The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Surveys For Transcontinental Railroad Routes Completed In 1853-54
CHAPTER 177
Abolitionist John Brown Advances His Plan To Lead A Slave Rebellion In The South
Heated Arguments Stymie The “Omnibus Bill”
CHAPTER 183
The Democrats Suffer Major Losses In The 1854 Mid-Term Elections
Boston Remains The Hotbed Of Resistance To The Fugitive Slave Act
Southern Intellectuals Ramp Up Their Defense Of Slavery
CHAPTER 168
Douglas Drives His 1850 Compromise Bills Through Congress