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Start of slavery in USA
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Abolition starts
The American Colonization Company proposed the idea freeing slaves in America back to Africa. -
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Abolition in states
Abolition started in states like New York and Massachusetts then later moved to other northern states. -
Underground rail road
The Underground Railroad helped spread abolitionist in the North. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was designed to maintain an even balance between slave and free states. -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Another compromise was negotiated to resolve the question of slavery in territories won during the Mexican- American war. -
American civil war
Union states (north) vs confederate states (south). -
End of slavery in USA
Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation, meaning slaves in any state should be free.