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Alabama becomes the 22nd state of the United States. The US Congress selected Huntsville as the site for the first Constitutional Convention after approved to become a state.
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Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union. After remaining an independent for a few says, they decided to join the Confederate States of America.The Civil War begins a few months later.
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Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which declares slaves in states such as Alabama free.