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11 Cards in this Set
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1662 |
A law is put into place in Virginia which states that a child born to a slave automatically becomes a slave. |
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1712 |
Nine whites are killed, and eighteen slaves are killed in an alleged slave revolt in New York City. |
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1788 |
Constitution adopted, and declares that a slave is ⅗ of a person in deciding congressional representation, and tax apportionment. |
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1820 |
Missouri Compromise enacted, which means there is no slavery above the Missouri border. Maine enters the Union as a free state, and Missouri enters as a slave state. |
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1831 |
Nat Turner leads a violent rebellion in Virginia, killing at least 57 whites. |
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1850 |
Missouri Compromise allows California in as a free state, and Mexico and Utah are determined by popular sovereignty. This bans slave trade in Washington D.C. |
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1857 |
A Supreme Court case(Dred Scott V.S. Sanford) rules that all slaves, ex. Slaves, and descendants of slaves are denied citizenship. |
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1860 |
Abraham Lincoln elected President. |
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1863 |
All slaves freed in rebellion, by Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. |
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1865 |
Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery all over the Country. |
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1866 |
Two African Americans sit in Massachusetts legislature, and this is the first time that black representatives have participated in this branch of the government. |
