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Dutch slave trader brings slaves to Jamestown. Trades them for food.
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The first African American poet.
She wrote about an attack on a white family by Native Americans -
slavery is made illegal in the north west territory
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Laws are passed so that an escaped slave must be returned to their master. this consernes state lines.
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A slave leader, atempts to unite slaves to march on Richmond, Virgina. He fails and is killed. Virginia's slave laws become more strict.
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Congress bans the importation of slaves.
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Bands slavery north of the southern boundery of Missouri
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Written by Harriet Beecher Stow, shows northerners ( and southerners) the terrors of slavery.
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Abolished slavery in the United states
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was ratifide Difined what was an American citizen, everyone born in the US was given their "privilages and imunities" (including blacks)
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Prohibits gov. to disallow any citizen's vote, due to color, race or religion. This focused on racism.
