Fillmore Embarrassed By Failed Treason Trial In Christiana Runaway Case
The “Gadsden Purchase” Supports A Southern Route For The Pacific Railroad
Pierce’s Term Gets Underway
Kansas Experiences Its First Fraudulent Election
Filibusterer William Walker Attempts To Create A Republic Of Lower California
Douglas Drives His 1850 Compromise Bills Through Congress
Northerners Again Resist The Fugitive Slave Act
Texas Immediately Tests The New President’s Backbone
Whigs Suffer Losses In Mid-Term Elections
Douglas’ Plan To Organize The Nebraska Territory Fails Again In The Senate
The Pro-Slavery Forces In Kansas Steal Another Election
The Nashville Convention Fails To Support A Call For Secession
Congress Passes The Controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act
An Anti-Immigration Party Re-emerges
Lemon v New York Asserts A “Once Free Forever Free” Standard
The Fugitive Slave Act Also Provokes John Brown Toward Violent Resistance
An Early Filibustering Expedition To Create A Caribbean Slave Empire Is Thwarted
The Parties Hold Their Nominating Conventions In 1852l
President Taylor Dies Suddenly
Abraham Lincoln Re-Enters The Political Scene To Oppose The Kansas-Nebraska Bill
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Arouses More Sympathy For Slaves And Runaways
Northerners Rebel Against the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Frederick Douglass’ Fourth of July Address Pleads For An End To Slavery
Early Railroads Address Problems With Other Forms Of Transportation
The Potential For A Transcontinental Line Gains Momentum
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The Race Is On To Decide The “Slavery Question” In Kansas
The Democrats Suffer Major Losses In The 1854 Mid-Term Elections
Southern Intellectuals Now Defend Slavery As “A Positive Good”
The Underground Railroad Assists The Runaways
A New Political Party Called The “Republicans” Makes Its First Appearance
Divisions In Both Major Parties Appear As The 1852 Election Approaches
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Avoids A U.S.- U.K. Confrontation In Central America
Boston Remains The Hotbed Of Resistance To The Fugitive Slave Act
The “Ostend Manifesto” Embarrasses Pierce’s Administration
Millard Fillmore Becomes 13th President
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Fillmore Offers A “Delayed Inaugural Address” To Congress
Franklin Pierce Becomes The Thirteenth President
Southern Unionists Support The 1850 Compromise Against The Alarmists
Surveys For Transcontinental Railroad Routes Completed In 1853-54
The Black Population Regards The Fugitive Slave Act As An Existential Threat