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*1862, when the African Slave Trade Treaty Act between the U.S. and Britain suppressed the slave trade | *1862, when the African Slave Trade Treaty Act between the U.S. and Britain suppressed the slave trade | ||
*1863, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared slaves in Confederate-controlled areas to be freed, when state action freed most slaves in "border states", and when a separate law freed the slaves in Washington, D.C. | *1863, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which declared slaves in Confederate-controlled areas to be freed, when state action freed most slaves in "border states", and when a separate law freed the slaves in Washington, D.C. | ||
*1865, when the U.S. abolished slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, affecting about 40,000 remaining slaves | *1865, when the U.S. abolished slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on January 31st, affecting about 40,000 remaining slaves ("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") | ||
*1866, when the so-called Indian territory, later known as the state of Oklahoma, abolished slavery | *1866, when the so-called Indian territory, later known as the state of Oklahoma, abolished slavery | ||
*1870, when the ratification of the 15th Amendment prohibited barring any citizen from the right to vote on the grounds of that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". | |||
=== Evaluation === | === Evaluation === | ||