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Virginia passes a law enforcing prohibitions against slaves congregating for religious service at night, regardless of whether black or white preachers hold those services.
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State of Alabama passes law that took restraint off of interstate slave trade.
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Riots break out in New York, Philidelphia, and other Northeastern cities.
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Slaves rebel and take control of a ship transporting them from Africa to Cuba
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Texas admmitied to the union as a slave state
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Timothy Meather sneaks in slaves in Mobile,AL
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Civil War begins