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mar 13, 1862 - The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation

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mar 13, 1862
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~ 163 years ago