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Dred Scott Decision
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Final Proclamation of Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Davis to Congress of the Confederate States (1861)
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Jefferson Davis to Congress of the Confederate States (1864)
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Missouri Compromise
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln
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Remarks and Draft Resolution introduced in the United States House of Representatives Concerning Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia
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Reply to William Henry Seward by Jefferson Davis
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Resolutions on the Relations of States
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Robert E. Lee Surrender Documents
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The District of Columbia Emancipation Act
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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