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jan 1, 1854 - Gadsden Purchase

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The Gadsden purchase had no effect on slavery. The US bought a strip of land in what is now Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico to possibly build a southern transcontinental railroad.

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jan 1, 1854
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~ 171 years ago