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Following the War for Independence, black slaves
remained in bondage in America. By the outbreak of the
Civil War in 1861, 4 million slaves would be performing
forced labor on plantations in the Southern states.
In the years that followed, the abolitionist movement
slowly gained fervor, with Northerners calling for the
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“All Men Are Created Equal”
The crowd at the battlefield at Gettysburg, where President Abraham
Lincoln delivered his famous address. Lincoln was in Gettysburg on
November 19, 1863, for the dedication of a cemetery for the soldiers
who had fallen at Gettysburg. He can be seen in this photo, circled in
white; he is bare-headed and facing the camera, to the left of the cen-
tral figure in the top hat.