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| Abraham Lincoln |birth_place =Hardin County, Kentucky Abraham_Lincoln
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| Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. Emancipation_Proclamation
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| Frederick Douglass |birth_place = Talbot County, Maryland, United States Frederick_Douglass
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. The initial purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to create opportunities for a Mideastern Transcontinental Railroad. Kansas-Nebraska_Act
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| Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery, and with limited exceptions, such as those convicted of a crime, prohibits involuntary servitude. It was adopted on December 6, 1865. Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| Reconstruction era of the United States In the history of the United States, "Reconstruction" refers to the time between 1863 and 1877 when the U.S. Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States
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| Wade-Davis Bill The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland. In contrast to President Abraham Lincoln's more lenient Ten percent plan, the bill made re-admittance to the Union almost impossible (or at least without a great moral defeat for the South) since it required a majority in each Southern state to swear the Ironclad oath to the effect they had never in the past supported the Confederacy. Wade-Davis_Bill
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| John C. Frémont |place of birth = Savannah, Georgia, U.S. John_C._Frémont
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| Charleston, Illinois {{Geobox|Settlement Charleston,_Illinois
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| Galesburg, Illinois {{Geobox|Settlement Galesburg,_Illinois
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| Ottawa, Illinois {{Geobox|Settlement Ottawa,_Illinois
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| Alton, Illinois {{Geobox|Settlement Alton,_Illinois
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| Freeport, Illinois Freeport is the county seat of Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,443 at the 2000 census. Freeport,_Illinois
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| Jonesboro, Illinois {{Geobox|Settlement Jonesboro,_Illinois
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| 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, an infantry regiment that fought in the American Civil War, was one of the first official black units in the United States armed forces.The 1st South Carolina Volunteers, recruited from freed slaves, was the first Union Army regiment organized with African-American soldiers. 54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
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| Salmon P. Chase | birth_place=Cornish, New Hampshire, U.S. Salmon_P._Chase
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| David Hunter |died= David_Hunter
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| Charles Sumner |place of birth=Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Charles_Sumner
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| Montgomery Blair | birth_place=Franklin County, Kentucky, U.S. Montgomery_Blair
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| United States Colored Troops The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments of the United States Army during the American Civil War that were composed of African-American soldiers. The men of the USCT were the forerunners of the famous Buffalo Soldiers. United_States_Colored_Troops
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