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To: DiogenesLamp

Slavery did not end until AFTER CWI. 1868 IIRC. Learned this last year.


99 posted on 08/16/2017 11:01:27 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: combat_boots
Slavery did not end until AFTER CWI. 1868 IIRC. Learned this last year.

I believe slavery officially ended in the Northern States with the ratification of the 13th amendment in December of 1865. (Six months after it ended in the South.)

100 posted on 08/16/2017 11:17:53 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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