When did slavery ended?

Answer 1

Slavery has not ended yet although most of the countries in the world do not recognize "ownership" of other people. As with indentured servitude, many forms of contracts, legal or illegal, moral or immoral, still exist.

Actual slavery still flourishes in Africa. It was not until 2003 that, for example, Niger outlawed it. However in other areas it is still practiced to some degree.

In the US, slavery supposedly ended in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln, and with the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865. But slavery still exists in several forms throughout the country, like sex trading. Sex trading (aka white slavery) is when people bring woman or young girls from different countries to become prostitutes. It is a very serious problem in the United States.

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Answer 2

Slavery as a legal matter was ended in different countries at different times.

Many Latin American countries ended slavery during their wars for independence (1810-1826) in order to curry favor with enslaved populations and secure their help in fighting off Spanish power. The first major power to ban slavery was the United Kingdom, which did so in the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833*. Several other European countries followed suit. The United States ended Slavery through the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution in 1863. Brazil ended slavery in 1888. Many countries, especially in the Third World, retained slavery well into the 20th century. Saudi Arabia, as one example, only outlawed slavery in 1962. The last state where slavery was legal was Mauritania, which officially banned the practice in 2008, but it is still estimated that 19% of the Mauritanian population is made up of slaves.

*France under the First Republic did ban slavery in 1794, but slavery was reinstated by Consul Napoleon in 1802.

HOWEVER, Slavery has not actually ended. There are an estimate 47 million slaves in the world today, where "slave" refers to any person who is (1) compelled to perform labor and (2) has his control over his person "purchased" by another person. A significant portion of these individuals are sex slaves.

Answer 3

After the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln announed the Emanciption Proclimation, freeing all slave in the south.