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apr 12, 1861 - Civil War

Description:

cause : Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner Rebellion, Wilmot Proviso, The Slavery Issue, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Law, Kansas Nebraska Act, Ostend Manifesto, Dred Scott Decision, John Brown Rebellion,
Election of Abraham Lincoln, Secession.


effect:
Emancipation Proclamation On January 1, 1863, president Lincoln declared all slaves in “enemy territory” liberated. Of course, those who owned slaves in “enemy” territory ignored the order and slaves in border states were not included. The Division of Virginia, The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. Well over 600,000 people died in combat, from disease, or as a result of the Civil War. Reconstruction. Jim Crow Laws

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Date:

apr 12, 1861
Now
~ 164 years ago

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