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People were brought from Africa to work for people who owned them.

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It was made a crime to help runaway slaves.

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Stories of fugitives brought sympathy to their cause and educated people about their hardships.

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They built a rail road to the west and it caused a sectional conflict.

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People moved to Kansas to homestead in peace but then slavery began to affect everyone.

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He was a man who sued for his freedom

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Lincoln challenged Douglas in being nominated for the senate.

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John Brown wanted to attack the federal arsenal in Virginia and seize weapons.

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The South left the union.

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It freed all slaves in the rebellious states after January 1, 1863.

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The Emancipation Proclamation: The Civil War in Four Minutes

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A book that was published about a true story of a slave.

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The True Story Behind 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' The Book that Rocked Pre-Civil War America

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4 sons lured 5 pro-slavery men out and promised they would not be harmed but then slashed and stabbed them.

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The U.S. Congress allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821).