Maryland was the first US state to support slavery.
Slavery in the US started in Jamestown in 1619 when the first Africans arrived as slaves.
The US State of Vermont-colony was the first state to outlaw slavery. The date was 1777.
Since the birth of america.
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Lincoln was at first undecided about slavery. Later on, his views were that all men were created equal and slavery had not place in the US.
it first started in 1868, that is when they were shipped in first for slavery.
That would be Rhode Island.
The 13th amendment
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Slavery was first made illegal in the Northern states of the United States. The state of Vermont was the first to abolish slavery in its constitution in 1777, followed by Pennsylvania in 1780. By the early 1800s, Northern states had all gradually abolished slavery.