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English settlers in virgina purchase 20 aftricans from dutchships . and then they were sold as servants not slaves.
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Massachetts bay colony legalizes slavery.
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Virgina legalizes slavery .
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Virgina passes a law revoking the prior english law that allowed for slaves that converted to christanty to become free
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The colonies declare independence from english rule with the adoption of decleration independence.
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Vermonth an american colony still not a state is the first goverment to abolish slavery
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Massachesetts abolishes slavery and grants voting rights to blacks and native americans .
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South carolina and georgia delegates threatned that their would not join the new union being planned. Congress passes the the 35th clause starting that each slave is to be counted as 35th a person for calculationg rep. in congress. this act strengthns the power in the house of re. for slave states.
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Congress passes the northwest ordiance, preventing from existing in the new federal territories.
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and enters the union as a free state. it was the first state to be admitted after the adoption of the consitution by the 13 orginal states.
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she lead them in the rebellion his plan involved seizing capitol square in richmond virgina and taking govenor james monroe as a hostage in order to bargin with city authorites from freedom.
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becomes the 17th state and enters the union as a free state .
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Congress again raise tariffs with the tarrif ambomitions.
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William Garrison Publishes the first issue of the ablitionis journal the liberator, organizes and army and declar the tariffs null and void.
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Slavery abolished throughout the british Empire
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The kansas neb act passes congress and overturns the missouri compormise opening the northern territory to slavery .
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charlses sumner delivers a speech attatcking slavery supporters in senate.
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Inaugrated as sixteenth president of the united states view Lincoln's first Inaugrul address.
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Arkanas secedes from the union.
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Tennessnee secdes from the union.