Slavery was abolished in America in_________?
Correct answer: A. 1865
- A. 1865
- B. 1851
- C. 1871
- D. 1883Educational Resources
Explanation
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States in 1865. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation began freeing enslaved people in Confederate areas in 1863, but nationwide constitutional abolition came in 1865.
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