The legal action that ended slavery in the states that had seceded from the Union during the Civil War was the Emancipation Proclamation. Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be set free. While the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free all enslaved individuals, it was a crucial step towards the abolition of slavery and allowed for the enlistment of Black soldiers in the Union Army. The formal end of slavery across the entire United States was achieved with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.
What legal action during the civil war ended slavery in the states that have left the union?
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