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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

31st January 2021
Tagged as: Amendment, America, American Civil War, Emancipation, Lincoln, Racism, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, United States, USA

It was sent to the states for ratification the next day, a process that was concluded on 6 December after the necessary three-quarters of states approved it.

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6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case

6th March 2020
Tagged as: American Civil War, Civil Rights, Dred Scott, Emancipation, Equality, Law, Missouri, New York, Slavery, Supreme Court

Dred Scott was a slave owned by John Emerson, an army surgeon from the slave state of Missouri.

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3rd March 1861: Tsar Alexander II signs the Emancipation Manifesto

3rd March 2020
Tagged as: Alexander II, Emancipation, Russia, Serfdom, Tsar

Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Emancipation Manifesto.

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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

6th March 1857: The US Supreme Court makes its ruling in the Dred Scott case

3rd March 1861: Tsar Alexander II signs the Emancipation Manifesto

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

27th February 1973: Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee

26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

24th February 1848: King Louis Philippe of France abdicates

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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