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It was done by The Coinage Act of February 21, 1857

9 days later, the largest slave auction in U.S. history is held, dubbed The Weeping Time, in Georgia.

March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom,

September – The Panic of 1857 begins: Speculation in U.S. railroad shares, and the collapse on August 24 of the New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, following widespread embezzlement, trigger a financial crisis which will extend to Europe.
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