Emancipation and The Ending of Slavery
See Wikipedia's Emancipation Proclamation Article
Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. In 1868, the 14th Amendment extended citizenship rights to African Americans. For examples of female resistance see Wikipedia's articles on Phillis Wheatley and Harriet Tubman.
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)