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President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in rebel-held areas, effective January 1, 1863. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which abolished slavery entirely (except as punishment for a crime), was ratified December 6, 1865.

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