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650,000 slaves were shipped to Early America from the early 16th century- 18th century
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Gloucester County, Virgina
First conspiracy for an uprising for white indentured servants and slaves. Several people were be-headed. -
Congress prohibited slavery in Northwestern states
Thomas Jefferson proposed to abolish it in all territories, but failed by one vote. -
Denmark Vesey's Uprising
Vesy and the other leaders were betrayed and hung before the uprising. The immesity of the plot scared the white men. -
Amistad
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"Go Down Moses"
The New York Tribune published "Go Down Moses" after Revend Lewis Lockwood heard slaves singing it. -
1591-1865 around 250 documented slave revolts in North America
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Eleven states broke away to form the Confederate States of America
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Linchon freed slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation
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13th amendment
