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Parent topics
- American Civil War [r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
- U.S. slavery era [r]: The history of black slavery in the United States. [e]
Subtopics
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
- Frederick Douglass [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert E. Lee [r]: (1807-1870) American soldier who became the outstanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." [e]
- Underground Railroad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: a U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. [e]
- Abolitiionism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Lloyd Garrison [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Underground Railroad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wendell Phillips [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ralph Waldo Emerson [r]: (1803-82) American poet, essayist, and lecturer; leading exponent of New England transcendentalism. [e]
- Oliver Cromwell [r]: (1599-1658) English soldier, statesman, and leader of the Puritan revolution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides". [e]
- Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. [e]
- Dred Scott decision [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Uncle Tom's Cabin [r]: 1851-52 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicting slave condtions in the American South. [e]