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The 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.
Slavery had been abolished in the British Empire since The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, and 13th Amendment to the constitution abolished slavery in the United States in 1864. Therefore in answer to your question, there was no slavery in 1870.
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, December 1865.
13th amendment- ratified on December 18, 1965