Birthdays
Olympia Brown
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Henry Eaton Coleman
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William Preston Johnston
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Augustus Valentine Kautz
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John Doby Kennedy
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw
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George Fiske Round
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Edmund Ruffin
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Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress returns from its ten day holiday recess | 01/05/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, "The Slavery Question in Congress," January 5, 1858 | 01/05/1858 |