Border states legislate slavery end.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: August 13, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: John Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The abolition of slavery in the United States is chiefly associated with the Emancipation Proclamation, issued in its final form Jan. 1, 1863, and with the 13th Amendment, ratified on Dec. 6, 1865. There were a few local Union governments, however, that decided not to wait that long, and perhaps their accomplishments should be remembered.

The proclamation was a wartime measure by President Lincoln and did not cover areas then under Union occupation; the loyal slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware; ...

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