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1.
Who led a famous slave revolt in 1831 in Virginia, which resulted in the deaths of about 60 people?
2.
What U.S. colony was established in Africa in 1822 by the American Colonization Society as a solution to the "the race problem?" The society offered to transport free blacks on a voluntary basis to this colony, which later became first self-governing black republic in Africa.
3.
Approximately what percentage of white Southerners owned slaves in 1860?
4.
What Congressional act preserved the balance between free and slave states at 12 each?
5.
What case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black--free or slave--could be a U.S. citizen?
6.
When did by President Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation--a declaration that all slaves would be forever free?
