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DECEMBER 9 1863 Republican lawmakers gave slaves their freedom. Republicans led the charge on civil rights and women’s rights. September 22, 1862: Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans’ Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect The Democratic Party continued to Support Slavery. February 9, 1864: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans’ plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery June 15, 1864: Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War June 28, 1864: Republican majority in Congress repeals Fugitive Slave Acts The Enforcement Act of 1869, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act was a United States federal law written to empower the President with the legal authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Enforcement Act of 1870 - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Act_of_1870