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  Pennsylvania Abolition Society was the first abolitionist group in US
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  California admitted as a free state
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  states like Ohio began to outlaw slavery
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  DRED SCOTT sued for his right to freedom based on the fact that he had lived in a free state.
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  It freed slaves in southern states.
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  NAACP leads an anti-lynching campaign to help limit violence against African Americans