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Abolition of Slavery: United States
Abolition of Slavery
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Event and Its Context
Industrialization Versus Agriculture
Slavery
Compromise or Conflict
Uncle Tom 's Cabin
Abraham Lincoln
The Civil War Begins
Self-emancipation
Antislavery Legislation
Emancipation Proclamation
Aftermath of the War
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Abolition of Slavery: United States

Content: 1861: Within weeks of Abraham Lincoln 's inauguration, the Civil War begins with the shelling of Fort Sumter. Six states secede from the Union, joining South Carolina to form the Confederate States of America (later joined by four other states) and electing Jefferson Davis as president. The first major battle of the war, at Bull Run or Manassas in Virginia, is a Confederate victory. 1863: President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in Confederate territories, on 1 January. Thus begins a year that sees the turning point of the Civil War, with decisive Union victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Thereafter, the Confederacy is almost perpetually on the defensive, fighting not to win but to avoid losing. 1865: Civil War ends with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia.