What year was slavery abolished in the US?
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In 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery was abolished in the United States with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.
Slavery in the United States was officially abolished on December 6, 1865, with the ratification of the 13th Amendment after it was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865. The amendment declares that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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