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The Legacy of Slavery-
The Reconstruction Period restricted slaves from voting due to Black Codes and sharecropping; only the civil rights moment allowed Black Americans to achieve political and social rights.

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When did Slavery End- Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation which allowed slaves to be forever free and he passed the 13th amendment later that officially ended all slavery.

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Civil War- The U.S.A. split up into The Confederacy and The Union to fight over the issue of slavery being allowed.

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John Brown's Raid of Harper's Ferry-
John Brown and his sons led a raid against a southern slave owner to free their slaves and it resulted in the death of 10 people with John Browns and his sons hanging.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act
There was a rule of popular sovereignty so people battled it out with bloodshed so the majority of votes are for their side.

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Missouri Compromise- To keep the delicate balance of slavery vs free states, Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

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Abolitionist Movement- Fredrick Douglass and white supporters were abolitionists who worked to free slaves and believed slave holding was a sin and is inefficient with little economic sense.

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Rebellions as a form of resistance only back up the perspective that Black people are inferior barbarians that need discipline from slavery.

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Cotton Gin
Slavery was dying out until the cotton gin created a boom in cotton production and dependency on slavery.

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When Did Slavery Start?
Africans were a chaper source of labor and slavery destoryed Africa's gender demographic.

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Restrictive Black Codes and favors persuaded slaves not to run away

Location: Antebellum South