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When did black slaveryin the US end?

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Anonymous

18y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Slavery in the United States ended in 1865 when the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution was passed. It was necessary to create this amendment because the US Supreme Court had ruled in 1857, that slavery was legal. This was accentuated by the 1857 Dred Scott case that was decided by the US Supreme Court. At that time, the Court declared that Black slaves were property protected by the US Constitution. The abolishment of slavery, however, did not automatically place former slaves as equals among the White population.

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10y ago

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