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Led slave rebellion in Virginia.
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Congress banned the slave trade
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities were founded.
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Dred Scott supreme court decision- determine if black people are counted as citizens.
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Civil War Erupts between North and South.
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Document freed the slaves
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Andre Reboucas invented the early prototype of the torpedo.
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President Lincoln assassinated
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Black People held a meeting in Norfolk Virginia Demanding equal rights and ballots.
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The 14th Amendment was adopted in the U.S, which declared that all people born in the U.S are citizens regardless of race.
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Joseph Rainey becomes the first African-American member elected to congress.
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Lewis Latimer creates a method for the light bulb to shine brighter and last longer, thus patenting the first modern lightbulb.
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Daniel Hale Williams, MD, opens Provident Hospital and training school for Nurses, in Chicago. It is the nation's first hospital with a nursing and intern program with a racially integrated staff.
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Daniel Hale Williams, An African American Surgeon, performs one of the first successful open-heart surgeries.