Antebellum Period
- Title
- Antebellum Period
- Description
- 1820-1860. The Antebellum Period stretches from the Missouri Compromise until the secession of South Carolina. The prominent legal issue during this period was that of slavery and its expansion, as well as the restriction of rights for free Black people in the South. It also marked the beginning of Native American removal policies that displaced Native tribes in order to make way for white settlement.
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- Temporal Coverage
- Title
- Antebellum Period
- Description
- 1820-1860. The Antebellum Period stretches from the Missouri Compromise until the secession of South Carolina. The prominent legal issue during this period was that of slavery and its expansion, as well as the restriction of rights for free Black people in the South. It also marked the beginning of Native American removal policies that displaced Native tribes in order to make way for white settlement.
- Item sets
- Temporal Coverage