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1. When were the first African laborers in effect sold to planters in Virginia?
2. A person opposed to slavery and who fought to end this institution was known as a/an _______.
3. The network that helped slaves in the South escape to freedom in the North was known as the_______ _________.
4. Which escaped slave is said to have made 19 trips into the South to help some 300 slaves flee to the North?
5. An escaped slave published a gripping autobiography in 1845, fueling the anti-slavery movement and becoming a prominent figure in the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Who was it?
6. An author published a gripping novel in 1852. Tom, Eva, Eliza and Simon Legree were characters in this book, which did more for the anti-slavery movement than any other piece of writing in its time. What is the title of the book?
7. An author published a gripping novel in 1852. It did more for the anti-slavery movement than any other piece of writing in its time. Who was the writer of the book?
8. An author published a gripping novel in 1852. It did more for the anti-slavery movement than any other piece of writing in its time. Which of these was an alternative name for the book?
9. A St. Louis slave sued for his freedom after his owner died in Missouri, claiming to be a citizen of that state where slavery was banned, His case went all the way to the Supreme Court. Who was he?
10. Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired, on April 12, 1861?
11. On what date did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation that was to take effect on January 1, 1863?
12. What amendment to the Constitution, ratified in December 1865, forever outlawed slavery throughout the USA?
13. What was the name of the play President Lincoln was watching in Fords Theatre the evening he was murdered by John Wilkes Booth?
14. What was the LAST name of the Union General who scored important victories in the Civil War's western theatre and who became the Union's General-in-Chief and later a president?
15. Lee's surrender took place just after the assassination of President Lincoln.
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