1860 | After the election of antislavery president Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina secedes from the Union, followed by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi, to form the Confederate States of America |
1861 | Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Union forces at Fort Sumter, South Carolina |
1862 | Congress bans slavery in Washington, D.C., and the territories and passes the Second Confiscation Act, which grants freedom to slaves whose masters support the Confederacy |
1863 | Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in Confederate-held territories |
1866 | Civil Rights Act grants African Americans full U.S. citizenship |
Source: http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/history/africanamericanhist/section4.php
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