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The US brigantine Creole, carrying 134 black slaves from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to New Orleans, was seized by the slaves during the voyage in November 1841.
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In 1836, Texas broke away from Mexico and declared itself an independent republic.
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Uncle Toms Cabin is published.It becomes one of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments
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After the First Carlist War, Maria Cristina (1806-78), regent during the minority of her daughter, Queen Isabella II (1830-1904), sought to abolish the constitution of 1837 and to limit the independence of Spain's cities.
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establishing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.The legislation repeals the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and renews tensions between anti- and proslavery factions.
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James Buchanan is inaugurated as the 15th president.Holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens.
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John Brown and 21 followers capture federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va.
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Calling a state conventions, the delegates voted to remove the state of south carolina from the union know as the united states of america
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The seven secedes states created the confederate constitution.
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When Lincold was assanstinated many people were upset and very mad
