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The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, prohibiting slavery in the territories north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
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count three-fifths of a state's slave population in apportioning Congressional representation...caused an issue with small and large states
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The inverntion of the cotton gin made production of cotton go faster but caused for more slaves to be needed
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runaway slaves must retuern to there owners if captured...favored for the south
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the right of states to reject any federal law that violates the Constitution
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Harriet Tubman frees slaves by a trail known as the underground railroad
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a book filled with a series of abolitionist papers.....one million copies are sold within the first year of publication
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slavery is protected by the Constitution, and that a ban on slavery in the territories is unconstitutional.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States, defeating both Democratic candidates
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Fort sumter is blown up and they take the soilders
