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The start of something so cruel and teribble which scarred America Till this day, was when white european settler came to africa and began to take enslave many african americans.
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the rise in cotton led to an increased demand for enslaved Africans. Since the proccess of cotton was slow the cotton gin was introduced, slaves were picking cotton all day in extremes of heat and lack of supply to work with.
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One of the most important presidents, Abraham Lincoln. he led the victory during the civil war and abolished slavery.
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Harriet Tubman is one of the most important women in American History. She helped 100,000 plus enslaved blacks escape via railroad.
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a series of bills passed mainly to address issues related to slavery. This bill decided slavery by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states.
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A freed Sojourner Truth had a huge impact in her speech in Akron,Ohio. it was her famous "Ain't I a Woman" speech.
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Infuriated by the Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the first of 41 pages of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on June 5, 1851. On of the events that lead to the civil war.
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On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Scott v. Sanford. Scott sued for his freedom on the fact that he left to free soil had made him legally free.
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The civil war began it was the start of a new nation, this victory is the biggest event not only in american history but african American history as well.
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Robert Smalls became a ship's pilot one of the first African Americans to become a pilot. he took a confederate ship and delivered it to the union. he could read nor write and still managed to achieve the rank of Major General. this was during the civil war.
