Kansas-Nebraskalagen
Kansas-Nebraskalagen (engelska: Kansas–Nebraska Act) antogs 1854 i USA, under president Franklin Pierces administration. Lagen gick emot den tidigare 1850 års kompromiss genom att hävda att de nya territorierna Kansas och Nebraska (båda betydligt större än de nuvarande delstaterna Kansas och Nebraska) skulle tillåtas folkomrösta om slaveriet trots att dessa låg norr om den breddgrad som stadgats i Missourikompromissen. Lagen förargade slaverimotståndare hos såväl demokraterna och framförallt inom Whigpartiet, som samma år bildade Republikanska partiet på en helt slaverifientlig grund.
Externa länkar
Wikisource har originalverk som rör Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Kansas-Nebraskalagen.
- H.R. 236 på Library.gov
Media som används på denna webbplats
US SlaveFree1821.gif
Författare/Upphovsman:
Map showing which areas of the United States did and did not allow slavery between July 1821 to August 1821. The map colorings of some areas require further comment. New York (1799) and New Jersey (1804) adopted laws gradually freeing enslaved people, but some people in these states remained enslaved until 1824 (NY) and 1865 (NJ). Territories and states which had not specifically banned slavery are colored red/pink.
Författare/Upphovsman:
- United_States_1821-07-1821-08.png: Made by User:Golbez.
- derivative work: Kenmayer (talk)
Map showing which areas of the United States did and did not allow slavery between July 1821 to August 1821. The map colorings of some areas require further comment. New York (1799) and New Jersey (1804) adopted laws gradually freeing enslaved people, but some people in these states remained enslaved until 1824 (NY) and 1865 (NJ). Territories and states which had not specifically banned slavery are colored red/pink.