The last state to end slavery was Texas.
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Texas was the last Confederate state to end slavery: June 19, 1865, Juneteen
It did not end in the entire United States until December 18, 1865. At that point the Secretary of State declared the 13th amendment ratified. It ended in the four border states: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
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Yes, one of the main purpose of the declaration of independence was to persuade England to end slavery in America.
The anti-slavery movement in America was known as the Abolitionism Movement. Abolitionists called for a total end of slavery and worked diligently towards that end until the Civil War. The Quakers were the first group to call for the end of slavery.
25 years
Over 200 years. It didn't end til the Emancipation proclamation in the 1800's.