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The Liberator
I will be as harsh as truth, and a uncompromising as justice,,,I will not retreat a single inch-AND I WILL BE HEARD. -
James Buchanan becomes 15th President
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Banned in the South and told the truth about slavery. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed the Missouri Compromise and created popular sovereignty -
Dred Scott decision
Roger B. Taney said there was no was to take property or ban slavery -
Abraham Lincoln was elected
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South Carolina secedes
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Battle at Fort Sumter begins
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Battle of Bull Run
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Emancipation Proclaimation
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Sherman's march to the sea
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House
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Lincoln's Assassination