It would have still existed in the non-secessionist border slave states, had that dumb ham actor not assassinated Lincoln, thereby destroying all support for the continuation of slavery. They could have contended with Lincoln the man, but not with Lincoln the saint. So the 13th Amendment was passed, and slavery was abolished in all the member states of the Union.
You mean when Lincoln opposed slavery?
Completely and absolutely?
The man who assassinated Lincoln was a coward and he did it for revenge.
A coward, just like the deep state operatives creeping around in the shadows today.
You might be interested to know that Lincoln put his signature on the Thirteenth Amendment, even though it wasn’t required. It was his sincere desire that his name be on it. Of course it was after his untimely demise that it passed, with his name on it.