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jan 31, 1865 - 13th Amendment

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Ended slavery in all states. After EP, still about 700,000 in bondage. 13th freed them. Exception in prisons. However, took years for slaves to be fully emancipated. Many, though free in name, still worked on plantations for tiny wages as tenets or sharecroppers.

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jan 31, 1865
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~ 160 years ago