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Wilimot Proviso
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published
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John Brown's Masacre at Pottawatomie Creek
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln - Douglas Debate "A House Divided Against itself can not stand."58
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John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia October 16, 1859
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Confederate States of America are formed