| 22 September 1862 |
United States
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Racism
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The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation announces a change in war policy
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| 17 July 1862 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Second Confiscation Act authorizes freedom for people held by Confederate supporters
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| 16 April 1862 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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US Congress abolishes slavery in the District of Columbia
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| 16 April 1862 |
United States
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Racism
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Slavery ends in the US capital
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| 12 April 1861 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Civil War begins as secession protects slaveholding power
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| 26 June 1858 |
China,
United States
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Rise of China
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Treaty of Tianjin signed with the United States
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| 6 March 1857 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Dred Scott decision denies federal citizenship to Black people
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| 6 March 1857 |
United States
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Racism
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The Supreme Court rejects Dred Scott’s citizenship claim
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| 2 June 1854 |
United States
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Racism
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Federal force returns Anthony Burns to slavery
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| 30 May 1854 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Kansas-Nebraska Act reopens the question of slavery’s expansion
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| 26 May 1854 |
United States
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Racism
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Boston protests the capture of Anthony Burns
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| 20 March 1852 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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| 1 October 1851 |
United States
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Racism
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Syracuse activists free William “Jerry” Henry
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| 11 September 1851 |
United States
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International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Black residents and abolitionists resist slave catchers at Christiana
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| 11 September 1851 |
United States
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Racism
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Christiana community resists slave catchers
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