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Brown's Raid

Lecompton Constitution

Election of 1860

Civil War MuseumBy: Alex Stewart

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We, the undersigned Prisoners of War, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, having been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., Commanding said Army to Lieut. Genl. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of United States, do hereby give our solemn parole of honor that we will not hereafter serve in the armies of the Confederate States or in any military capacity whatever, against the United States of America or under aid to the enemies of the latter, until properly exchanged in such manner as shall be mutually approved by the respective Authorities.This document is important because it was the unofficial treaty between the north and the south

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This portrait represents the general skirmishes and feeling that where held between the North and the South. Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades of tensionbetween the North and South. Focused on slavery and states rights, these tensions increased following the electionof Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several monthseleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war, Southerntroops won numerous victories but saw their luck turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863. From then on,Northern forces worked to conqueror the South, forcing them to surrender in April 1865.

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John Brown a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan to arm slaves with the weapons he and his men seized from the arsenal was thwarted, however, by local farmers, militiamen, and Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Within 36 hours of the attack, most of Brown's men had been killed or captured. Thought he failed in his mission, he took another step towards ending slavery. This picture represents him as moses, in his efforts to free the slaves

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The 1860 election proved to be one of the most momentous in American history as it led to the Civil War. In the 1860 election, the Democratic Party had Senator Stephen A. Douglas. The republicans had Abraham Lincoln. Thought the bitter electionAbraham won with a landslide win by electoral votes.The issue of secession was being talked about after the 1860 election, and Lincoln's election intensified the move in the South to split with the Union. And when Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, the secession of the south followed soon after.

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Lecompton ConstitutionArtifact #5

A small town in Douglas county, NE Kansas. The pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution was formulated (Sept., 1857) there, and was ratified (Dec., 1857) after an election in which voters were given a choice only between limited or unlimited slavery; free state men refused to cast their ballots. President James Buchanan urged Congress to admit Kansas as a slave state under the Lecompton Constitution, but Stephen A. Douglas and his followers broke with the pro-slavery Democrats, and the bill could not pass the House. At a subsequent election (Aug., 1858), Kansas voters decisively rejected the Lecompton Constitution. Kansas was later (1861) admitted as a free state.