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beginning of slavery in America -
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Between 1774 and 1804, all the nothern states abolished slavery but the so-called "peculiar institution" of slavery romained absolutely vital to th South. -
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Creation of the Underground railroad but this gained real Momentum in the 1830s. -
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton gin -
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Slave rebellions did occur within the system notably ones led by Gabriel Prosser in Richmond. -
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The U.S. Congress outlawed the African slave trade. -
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Slave rebellions did occur within the system notably ones led by Denmark Vesey in Charleston. -
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Between 1830 and 1860, The movement to abolish slavery in America grained strength. -
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Slave revolt by Nat turner in Southampton county, Virginia. -
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there were 4 millions slaves in America with more than half living in the cottom-producing states of the South. -
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Lincoln issued a proliminary emancipation proclamation. -
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Licoln made it official that “slaves within any State, or designated part of a State…in rebellion,…shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” -
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End of slavery thanks to the passage of the 13th Amendment after the Civil War's end. -
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The 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery. -
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The rebirth of white supremacy, inclusing the rise of racist organizations such as the KKK which had triumphed.