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Legislative action

1652: Rhode Island slavery ban is not enforced
1771: Quaker abolitionist educates, inspires others
1771: Governor rebuffs proposed ban on slave imports
1777: Vermont abolishes slavery; ban largely ignored
1779: Pompey Brakkee: Wins compensation from Vermont enslaver
1780: Black residents help win first abolition law
1781: New Hampshire bans slavery, but full rights denied
1784: Suicides as protest revive abolitionist group
1784: Rhode Island, Connecticut embrace gradual abolition
1788: Massachusetts bans slave trades, expels "outsiders"
1793: New law requires return of fugitives from slavery
1794: Slave trade law fails to curb trafficking
1807: Slave trade banned after campaign by activists
1807: Smugglers deft slave import ban
1829: Protests fail to stop expulsion of Native peoples
1833: National anti-slavery group established
1833: Britain frees 800,000, compensates enslavers
1834: Mill workers support enslaved cotton pickers
1837: Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition
1837: Planter's daughters campaign for abolition, women's rights
1838: 4,000 Cherokees perish on "Trail of Tears"
1838: Abolitionists demand Congress restore free debate on slavery
1842: Campaign prevents escapee's return to bondage
1843: Abolitionists campaign against segregation, for interracial marriage
1845: Texas takeover decried as land grab for slavery
1850: Harsher Fugitive Slave Act is part of political deal
1850: Martin Delany: Abolitionist leader, champions Black self-reliance
1854: Wisconsin activists help escapees, challenge Fugitive Slave Act
1854: New law fans flames of division over slavery
1854: Families move to Kansas to help make it a free state
1855: Pro-slavery men invade Kansas, steal election
1855: Personal liberty laws protect escapees
1855: Black abolitionists help ban segregated schools
1856: Anti-slavery champion beaten on Senate floor
1856: White supremacists ravage anti-slavery bastion
1860: Ballot loss shows White hostility to voting rights
1861: Pro-slavery sentiments roil Massachusetts town
1861: African Americans push to serve in military
1861: Enslaved people declared "contraband of war"
1862: Congress frees all enslaved people in Washington, D.C.
1862: Republicans build on military wins to pass progressive laws
1862: U.S. hangs 38 Dakota for alleged war crimes
1863: Abraham Galloway: Militant activist, Union spy, civil rights leader
1866: Wisconsin activists win voting rights campaign
1866: Racism robs African Americans of land reform benefits

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