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This was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies. This further restricted slaves activities including their ability to grow their own food, earn any money, or learn to read.

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This compromise prohibited slavery north of the 36°30’ parallel except for Missouri. This was a step towards creating balance between slave and non-slave states. Some black people were free but a lot of black people were still not free in the south.

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Nat Turner was an enslaved man who lead a rebellion that lead to a massacre of up to 200 black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. Nat turner destroyed the white southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion.

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California was admitted to the union as the 16th free state. In exchange the south was guaranteed no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. This compromise overturned the Missouri compromise and left the issue of slavery unsettled.

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This new law forcibly compelled citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves. This act required that slaves were to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state. After this act was passed supporters of the underground railroad became even more active.

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This act again did not get rid of slavery completely but tried to solve the issue of slavery by letting each territory decide on the basis of popular sovereignty. This act allowed states that were already non-slave states to become slave states which was bad for the black people in those areas.

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Pro slavery people and anti slavery people went at each other. Slaves and people who were anti slavery fought back. These events foreshadowed the violence that would ensue over the future of slavery and eventually led to the Civil War.

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After Scott appealed for his freedom the court ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the US and could not sue. Abolitionists were out raged because they saw this ruling as a way to stop the debate about slavery. Black people were still not considered equal and they had no rights even in “free states”.

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The emancipation proclamation let black people fight in the war. Black soldiers helped to change the outcome of the war. At the end of the war black people were considered citizens but we’re still treated differently.

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It allowed freed slaves to join the Union army and navy to help free those who were still slaves.

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This amendment was supposed to grant citizenship to All persons born or naturalized in the United States. Not only did the 14th amendment fail to extend the Bill of Rights to the states; it also failed to protect the rights of black citizens.

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This amendment granted voting rights to African American men by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."