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Or at least when it first became popular to ship slaves to the newly established colonies, slavery first beginning to worm its way into the foundations of our society.
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The Enlightenment occurs and begins to gain ground, during which time the question of human rights first arises and the practice of slavery is first challenged as a moral wrong.
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An agreement is reached that slave populations only count for 3/5ths their actual population count: each person is effectively "3/5ths" of a person.
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In the United States of America, it is now illegal to import slaves from Africa.
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It is declared that: Any person descended from Africans, whether slave or free, is not a citizen of the United States, according to the Declaration of Independance; The Ordinance of 1787 could not confer freedom or citizenship within the Northwest Territory to non-white people, and that The provisions of the Act of 1820, known as the Missouri Compromise, were voided as a legislative act because the act exceeded the powers of Congress.
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Freed virtually all slaves currently residing in states under Confederate control.
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Abolishes and prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
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Broadens the definition of citizenship, now including blacks and overulling the Dred Scott decision years previous.
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Granted all citizens the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous servitude.