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All slaves that had been found as "runaway slaves" were to be returned to their owners. Even if they were in a free state, they couldn't be free they still had to be returned to their owner.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe made the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. She wrote in while living in Cincinnati after experiencing the Fugitive Slave Law, and after encountering the Underground Railroad.
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This act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It was allowing people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery in their borders.
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Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the election of 1860, his opponent was John C. Breckenridge (Democrat) .
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This was the first time in the American Civil War that had a duel between ironclad warships.
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This battle was also known as the "Pittsburgh Landing." It was a huge battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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January 1, 1863 was the date that the Emancipation Proclamation actually went into effect. It is one of the top 10 most important documents in history.
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This was thought to be the wars "turning point." The battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The leaders were Robert E. Lee and George G. Meade.
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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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This was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. They surrendered to the Union Army. They retreated west. They had no choice but to surrender.
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Lincoln had led America through the American Civil War. John Wilkes Booth is the man who assassinated President Lincoln. He was at Ford's Theater.
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This battle took place in Charleston, South Carolina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
