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Massacre at Mystic
a force from the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner launched the most deadly slave revolt in the history of the United States. -
Dred Scott Decision
the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
15th Amendment
the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens