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Importation Of Africans
In the US it was a felony to import Africans from Africa -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman a escaped slave help free slaves from slave plantations -
John Brown
John Brown and 21 followers captured Harpers Ferry, VA in a attempt to revolt against slavery -
President Lincoln
President Lincoln passed the emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in confederate states -
Reconstruction Acts
Granted civil rights to freed slaves