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This event was a turning point in the war, with English forces and their allies killing men, women, children, and the elderly who were inside the fort, a number often cited as between 300 and 700 Pequots.
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The rebellion, the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history, sparked widespread fear and led to increased restrictions on Black people across the South, as well as brutal acts of retaliation against suspected rebels.
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the U.S. Supreme Court that denied African Americans, enslaved or free, citizenship and the right to sue in federal court. The court also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, asserting that Congress could not prohibit slavery in U.S. territories.
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It declared that enslaved people in Confederate states fighting against the Union were free and could join the Union military.
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abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
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granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people, and prohibited states from denying any person "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" and the "equal protection of the laws".
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prohibits denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.