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Black Kentuckians and the Civil War

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Young scholars demonstrate how the American Civil War affected black Kentuckians socially and politically. They identify and discuss the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forced the end of slavery in Kentucky months after the Civil War ended.

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african american history, the united states civil war

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black history, civil war, kentucky history, social studies
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4th - 5th
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Social Studies & History
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