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Was slavery only legal in the south?
Slavery was legal in all parts of the United States until the Emancipation Proclamation of 1865. Afterwards, the South was unable to use the term "Slave Codes" which enforced and upheld slavery, and so they developed "Black Codes" which were ultimately the same thing. To answer this more directly, slavery was illegal after 1865, but it would take the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to completely make any practice of slavery and racism illegal in the eyes of the law--nearly 100 years after it was supposedly declared illegal.
Did the constitution make slavery legal?
No
Massachusetts is the first state to prohibit slavery?
in 1781 in 1781 ---------------------------------------- Sorry, but NO. Mass did not make slavery illegal until the passing of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Although they maybe did not practice it, it was still legal "on the books".
Over what time of period was slavery legal?
Slavery has been practiced by man since ancient times, for instance it was common in the Roman empire and is referred to in the bible. Since then mankind has come to realise that slavery is abhorrent and gradually it has been made illegal all over the world. The last country to make it illegal was Mauritania in 1981. While slavery is now illegal everywhere, slavery or practices akin to it continue today in many countries throughout the world.
What made slavery legal before it was outlawed in the us?
Generally, laws make things illegal. Procedures are legal until a formal ruling is made against it. Of course those laws can also be changed.
What year did rhode island make slavery illegal?
1652
What can you do to stop illegal mining?
Make it legal
What colony first to make make slavery legal?
ask abe
What was the term that describes people who want to make slavery illegal?
Abolitionists
What is a name for people who worked to make slavery illegal?
There names were abolitionists.
What does decriminalized mean?
It is where government enacts legislation to allow for something that is illegal to become legal.
What was the first state to make slavery illegal?
The first state to make slavery illegal in the U.S. was Rhode Island.
