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Massacre at Mystic
the first defeat of the Pequot people by the English in the Pequot War -
Nat Turner Rebellion
His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. -
Dred Scott Decision
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment.