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Fugitive Slave Act
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
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Election of 1860
American presidential election held, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated southern democrat John C. Breckinridge https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860 -
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Battle at Fort Sumter
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The battle of Shiloh
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Surrender at Appomattox
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Assasination of President Lincoln