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No. Texas was the last state to abolish slavery
The 13th amendment
New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish slavery
The US State of Vermont-colony was the first state to outlaw slavery. The date was 1777.
Vermont was the first territory (not a state at the time) to abolish slavery in 1777, the first state to abolish slavery outright was Pennsylvania in 1780.
Vermont was a territory that abolished slavery in 1777, but technically Pennsylvania was the first STATE to abolish slavery, doing so in 1780.
The Confederacy did not want to abolish slavery. In fact, they wanted to expand slavery into the new territories of the US.
Vermont was the first colony to abolish slavery in its state constitution in 1777. This made it the first state in North America to abolish slavery.
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Massachusetts
Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery but in 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.