Slavery officially ended in 1865, but many slaves weren't actually freed until at least a few months afterward. Hence June teenth, though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in January I believe.
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deeply divided the nation was over slavery
It moved toward the West
1860-1904
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 with a platform against slavery in the territories but for tariffs a transcontinental railroad and a Homestead Act.
there would be no blacks in america