can you name any abolitionists?
Thomas Jefferson,  Benjamin Franklin, James Madison
American Civil War
 An Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves sailed through Congress with little opposition. President Thomas Jefferson supported it, and it went in effect on January 1, 1808. Benjamin Franklin and James Madison each helped found manumission societies. Influenced by the Revolution, many individual slave owners, such as George Washington
where is the most oil found in texas Permian Basin in West Texas when did the oil boom take place? 1901 what happened during this period? Most historians consider the Spindletop strike of 1901, at the time the world's most productive petroleum well ever found, to be the beginning point where did this take place? Spindletop Hill how did the discovery spread? Exploration of salt domes across the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast took off with major oil fields opening at Sour Lake in 1902, Batson in 1903, Humble in 1905, and Goose Creek in 1908. what more can you tell me about this creek? UNANSWERABLE how is the oil boom associated with the post-civil war? Following the American Civil War, Texas's economy began to develop rapidly centered heavily on cattle ranching and cotton farming, and later lumber, because of a massive hurricane struck Galveston, the coming oil boom became heavily centered on the city of Houston both as a port and a commercial center. when did the aforesaid war take place? 1861 what was the cause of the war? The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. between whom did the war take place? Between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.
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American Civil War [SEP] Abolitionists
The Revolution changed that and made it into an issue that had to be addressed. As a result, shortly after the Revolution, the northern states quickly started outlawing slavery. Even in southern states, laws were changed to limit slavery and facilitate manumission. The amount of indentured servitude (temporary slavery) dropped dramatically throughout the country. An Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves sailed through Congress with little opposition. President Thomas Jefferson supported it, and it went in effect on January 1, 1808. Benjamin Franklin and James Madison each helped found manumission societies. Influenced by the Revolution, many individual slave owners, such as George Washington, freed their slaves, often in their wills.