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sep 26, 1803 - Louisiana purchase

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Jefferson just wanted new orleans, but ended up buying all of Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the US; Lewis and Clark explored it
Incorporating LA; Free blacks in territory had many rights under French and Spanish; Lost almost all of them very fast once acquired

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sep 26, 1803
Now
~ 222 years ago