When was slavery abolished in North America?

Answer 1

Slavery in North America ended unofficially at the end of the US Civil War in April of 1865. In December of 1865, the 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the US.

Formal abolition occurred with constitutional amendment. Proposed in January of 1865 and ratified in December, 1865 by 27 of 36 states, the Thirteenth Amendment declared: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This finally ended slavery in the United States.

Slavery was abolished in Canada under the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire.

Answer 2

Virginia was the first English colony to import slaves from Africa in 1619, but in the Spanish colonies in Mexico, slavery started in the 1560s.

Answer 3

The first black African slaves came to North America in 1619. They arrived aboard a Dutch ship whose cargo of Africans had been seized from the Spanish. They docked at Jamestown, VA.