This paper examines how the forces for and against slavery, the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the slave rebellions,
the free black issues and the ACS, the abolitionists and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments greatly affected the issue of
slavery through the end of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. It looks at how all of these actions eventually led to the abolishment of slavery and the creation of civil rights for the newly freed black slaves and how these events and actions will always stand out as a turning point in American history.