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Abraham Lincoln began the process in 1862 with his Emancipation Proclamation, which would free the slaves in any state that was still in the Confederacy after January 1, 1863. But was not official until the 13th Amendment in early 1865.

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The Jamestown settlement accepted slaves from a Dutch slave ship early in 1619. This became the beginning of slavery in what was to become the 13 British colonies and later referred to as the American colonies.

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