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Ohio becomes the 17th State of the US
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slave importation is banned but ignored by southern states
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Slave uprising in New Orleans ultimately fails and costs many lives
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The US becomes the biggest cotton producer in the world
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New York passes law emancipating slaves
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Baltimore opens the US's first railroad station
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"The Liberator" by William Lloyd Garrison begins its publishment
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US recognizes Texas as independent while Mexico does not
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A gold rush begins in central California
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Emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln becomes law
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Alexander Grambell invents telephone