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To satisfy labor needs, begining in 1619 slavery was used in the Americas. Historians esteimate that 16 to 17 million slaves were brought to the new world in the 18th century alone.
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With the invention of the cottin gin and the demand for a new cash crop in the US cotton demanded an increase in African American slaves
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In 1793 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act which made it illegal to assist a runaway slave.
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In August 1831 Nat Turner and followers rebelled against their slave owner by killing them then set out to take over an armory and more followers. They killed some 60 whites in the process. But rebellion came to a stop when the state militia came in. Only effective slave rebellion in US history.
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Through the effort of slaves and groups of white settelers the idea of abolition was spreading. The Liberater was a famous abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison. Anti Slavery northerners began helping run away slaves escape through a series of safe houses and places know as the Underground Railroad. Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman.
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On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Scott v. Sanford, delivering a resounding victory to southern supporters of slavery and arousing the ire of northern abolitionists. During the 1830s, the owner of a slave named Dred Scott had taken him from the slave state of Missouri to the Wisconsin territory and Illinois, where slavery was outlawed, according to the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Upon his return to Missouri, Scott sued for his freedom on the basis
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Freed all slaves
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Officially abolished slavery in the US
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Local people riot against African Americans when they are trying to celebrate the 4th of July
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a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations under the doctrine of "separate but equal".