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01/24/1861 |
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting is disrupted by anti-abolitionists. |
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1861 |
Jacobs, Harriet E. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, L. Maria Child, Editor. |
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02/07/1862 |
New England Freedman’s Aid Society is established. |
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08/22/1862 |
Liberator opposes a proposal to establish a colony for freed slaves in Central America. |
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08/22/1862 |
President Abraham Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley’s demand for emancipation. |
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09/22/1862 |
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. |
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09/24/1862 |
Boston Courier announces publication of a controversial lithograph. |
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11/27/1862 |
Lewis Hayden urges Gov. John Andrew form an African-American Massachusetts regiment. |
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12/31/1862 |
Watch Night is held. |
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01/01/1863 |
Emancipation Proclamation celebration is held in Boston. |
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