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Its power came, above all, from trade. empire's total area included nearly all the land between the Sahara Desert and the coastal forests. The 1599 battle of Djenné marked the effective end of the great Mali Empire and set the stage for a plethora of smaller West African states to emerge.
Sojourner Truth,<span> a famous figure of the anti-slavery movement, gave speeches criticizing slavery throughout New England and the West, drawing large crowds wherever she went.</span>
<span>The
South, however, did not like a Republican being elected President, even
though Lincoln vowed only to ban slavery in NEW states, not those it
was already legal in. The South was so miffed it seceded.</span>
