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Slavery
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabins was published in serial form in an anti-slavery newspaper in 1851 and in book format in 1852. This affected the Civil War by starting a wave of anti slavery across the country. -
Dredd Scott Decision
Denied his request stating that no person with African blood could become a U.S. citizen. -
The Raid On Harper’s Ferry
Band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection.