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On this day Christopher Columbus discovered America. When he began his voyage, he thought he was going to India.
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The first slaves in America were brought to America in 1619 to Virginia.
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The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861. it started in Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
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Slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation, but didnt take full effect until after the war.
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Appomattox Court House in Virginia.