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Pequot warriors attacked the village of Wethersfield killing six men and three women, all unarmed non-combatants.
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Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight or the equivalent of $150. For females above age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130.
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It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
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the "Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves" took effect in 1808
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prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War of 1812
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admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time
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authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
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the United States government forcibly removed the southeastern Native Americans from their homelands and relocated them on lands in Indian Territory
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an enslaved preacher and self-styled prophet, leads the deadliest revolt of enslaved people in Virginia's history,
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required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state
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the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts
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declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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abolished slavery in the United States.
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granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”
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granted African American men the right to vote.
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Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and every last one of his soldiers was dead.
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A gun was discharged and soldiers opened fire. When the shooting stopped, hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children were dead.
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a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality