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To: Bull Snipe

The last slaves were freed in New Jersey.


23 posted on 06/03/2020 6:15:39 AM PDT by golux (In Memory of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom)
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To: golux; Bull Snipe
"The last slaves were freed in New Jersey."

Legally, whatever slaves remained in any state, North or South, for any reason except criminal conviction, were freed by ratification of the 13th Amendment in December 1865.
Whatever "servants" wished to remain with their previous "masters" was their choice, but the law no longer bound them, period.

29 posted on 06/03/2020 9:54:36 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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