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Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation ActThe gag rules of the later 1830s silenced early abolitionist voices in Congress. These rules prevented discussion of slavery petitions for decades.
Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural addressOn the 6th of November 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election with 180 electoral votes. Between that date and his inauguration on March 4, seven…
American Civil WarOn the 12th of April 1861, Confederate forces fired the first of 4,000 shells at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
Reconstruction eraOn the 9th of April 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
Proclamation 80On the 15th of April 1861, Abraham Lincoln signed a document that would reshape the nation. This proclamation demanded 75,000 militiamen to end the rebellion…
Emancipation ProclamationThe United States Constitution of 1787 did not use the word slavery but included several provisions about unfree persons.