Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, and a second order on January 1, 1863, indicating its application to the Confederate states. However, slavery continued to have legal status in the US until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 18, 1865.
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 us what helped end the slave trade.
Abolitionism
The end of slavery.
The Emaciation Proclamation began the end of slavery but it was formally outlawed by the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.
Abe Lincoln
spirituals
Various abolitionist organizations were formed to fight the expansion of slavery in the US. Leaders such as William Garrison and Harriet Stowe were leaders for the fight to not only stop the spread of slavery but to abolish it in the US.The other, more formal organization was the Republican Party. Its goal was to end slavery in the US.
Abolitionists were people in the US who sought to abolish, or end, slavery in the 1800's. Whether or not to abolish slavery was a key issue that led to the US Civil War.
25 years
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abolitionist
The 13th Amendment in 1865.