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Massachusetts was the first colony to legalize slavery

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New York declares that all people of color who kills white people, be sentenced to death penalty.

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The first separate black church in America was made in South Carolina.

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Mum Bett and another slave from Massachusetts, sue their master for freedom.

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Rhode Island forbids residents from participating in slave trade.

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Eli Whitney makes cotton more profitable. As a result market value of slaves increase.

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The American Colonization society is founded to help free blacks resettle in Africa.

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Nat Turner was an enslaved Baptist preacher who lead a violent rebellion. At least 57 whites were killed.

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New York City host it's first National Anti slavery society.

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Virginia demands that emancipated slaves leave the state within a year and forbids the legislature from freeing any slave.

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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in areas of rebellion.

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Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri get rid of slavery.

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The Republican majority Congress passes a Civil Rights Bill to protect the rights of blacks.

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Grant wins re-election against a Democratic/liberal Republican opponent.

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Democrats win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since the Antebellum period.