How did the colonist practice what we today call civil disobedience?

In the Boston Tea Party the colonists used vandalism as a way to protest against the lack off representation in the British Parliament.

They wondered at the time whether it was legitimate to be led by the crown in this way, even without being represented in the English Parliament. Several of them then started demanding the extinction of taxes until they could have representatives participating in government decisions. This is a example of that.

it increase by 12% a year from 1812-1820

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.