Slavery was abolished in Delaware in the year of 1787. Vermont and New Jersey abolished slavery in the year of 1777.
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Delaware abolished slavery through a gradual process. In 1776, the state passed a law that allowed individuals born into enslavement after that year to be freed at the age of 28. Then, in 1865, after the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slavery was officially abolished in Delaware.
Maryland abolished slavery in 1864 with the passage of the state constitution.
Mauritania was the last country to abolish slavery in 1981, although it wasn't criminalized until 2007.
Vermont was the first colony to abolish slavery in its state constitution in 1777. This made it the first state in North America to abolish slavery.
they abolished slavery in the northern united states in 1861 and in the southern united states slavery was abolished in 1865.