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First African slaves come to The United States
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Northwest Ordinance is passed
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
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Cotton gin is invented
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Act passed prohibiting slave importation from Africa
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Missouri Compromise
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Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
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Unce Tom's Cabin is published
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Freedmen's Bureau is established
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Ku Klux Klan is formed
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Black Codes passed
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Reconstruction Era begins
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14th amendment passed
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15th amendment passed
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Plessy v. Fergsuon
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Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981
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Brown v Board of Education
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Rosa Parks refuses to change her seat
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Black Panthers are formed
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
