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The Massacre at Mystic was a pivotal event during the Pequot War where a combined force of English colonists and their Native American allies surrounded and set fire to a fortified Pequot village near the Mystic River in Connecticut. The Massacre at Mystic was a pivotal event during the Pequot War where a combined force of English colonists and their Native American allies surrounded and set fire to a fortified Pequot village near the Mystic River in Connecticut. -
The Nat Turner Rebellion was a slave revolt led by Nat Turner, an enslaved man, in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner and a group of fellow slaves killed approximately 60 white people. The rebellion was ultimately suppressed, and Turner was captured and executed. -
The Dred Scott Decision, formally known as Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a landmark Supreme Court case. The Court ruled that Dred Scott, an enslaved man who had lived in free territories, was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in federal court. The ruling also declared that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens of the United States.