25. Early slave rebellions like the one by Nat Turner , a Virginia slave, in 1831, caused extreme fear and suspicion among Southern slaveholders. Fifty-five whites were murdered.
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34. What? Back to Africa? Nope. Just above something called the Mason-Dixon line . If a slave could get north of that line, they would be “free”.
50. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Southern slaves were depicted in a wide manner of ways. Primarily as an object of pity.
51. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe’s main character becomes someone you feel sorry for and care about. Then she brutally murders him off in a shocking way.
52. Especially when he puts a move on the beautiful, young slave-girl he’s just purchased. The evil slave owner, Simon Legree , is someone everyone would cheerfully love to kill.
69. California Gold Rush , 1849 Near modern-day Sacramento, employees of John Sutter discovered gold while building a mill. Word spread around the world, and within one year , California had such a large population, they were applying for statehood.