Declaration of Independence (1776)

Northwest Ordinance (1787)

Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia Convention) (1787)

United States Constitution

Great Compromise

House of Representatives

Senate

US Constitution & Slavery

Three-Fifths Compromise
(Article I, Section 2, Paragraph 3): "free Persons" vs. "all other Persons"

Limits of Congress
(Article I, Section 9): “The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation..."

Extradition Clause
(Article IV, Sec 2, Paragraph 3): "person held to service or labour...shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.”

Nat Turner Rebellion (1831)

Southwest Ordinance (1790)

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin (1794)

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Congressional Ban on the International Slave Trade (1808)

Tallmadge Amendment (1819)

Missouri Compromise (1820)

William Lloyd Garrison

American Anti-Slavery Society

The Liberator

Fugitive Slave Law (1793)

Prigg v. Pennsylvania US Supreme Court (1842)

Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Paragraph 2)

“historical-necessity thesis”

Denmark Vesey Conspiracy (1822)
LINK: Did The Denmark Vesey Conspiracy Exist?

John. C. Calhoun

Calhoun Doctrine (Theory of Nullification)

doctrine of judicial review

Proclamation on Nullification (1832)

Force Bill

Andrew Jackson

Democratic Party

Martin Van Buren

Whig Party

Mexico

Texas

The Alamo

Sam Houston

Lone Star Republic

Rio Grande River

John Tyler

War Democrats

James K. Polk

Henry Clay

US-Mexican War

"Mexico will poison us.”

“Bear Flag Revolt”