Important Events of the Civil War

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  • 20 Africans are sold as indentured servants in Virginia

  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence states that "all men are created equal" but no changes are made to slavery.

  • Vermount abolishes slavery

  • The U.S. Constitution adopts the "Three-Fiths" Compromise

  • Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

  • Importing Slaves becomes illegal

  • harriet Tubman escapes slavery

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin published

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • Lincoln Gives "A House Divided" Speech