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Civil Rights Act of 1866
4/9/1866
Morrill Act
7/2/1862
Pacific Railroad Act
7/1/1862
Act of March 2, 1867, Public Law 39-73, 14 STAT 434, which established the Department of Education
3/2/1867
DC Emancipation Act
4/16/1862
Homestead Act
5/20/1862
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
1854
Commissioner's Notes About the Fugitive Slave Act in Stovall v. Archy
ca. 4/1858
Letter Requesting Copy of Act of Congress Equalizing Pay of Black Soldiers
6/6/1864
Act of December 31, 1862, Public Law 37-4, 12 STAT 633, which admitted the state of West Virginia into the Union.
12/31/1862
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