Because that was when most of the slaves were freed
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December of 1865-the 13th amendment
9 million people were in confederacy in 1865 that were not slaves .
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December of 1865-the 13th amendment
December of 1865-the 13th amendment
The Civil war ended in 1865 and slaves within the U.S. states were freed in 1863 and in Confederate territories in 1865...
9 million people were in confederacy in 1865 that were not slaves .
Slaves were abolished in the United States in 1865.
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3,000,000
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. That was when slaves were officially free in the United States. It did not actually happen until after the Civil War ended in 1865.
There were theoretically slaves until 1865 so yes