When was slavery abolished in the United States of America?

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It was not an instantaneous process. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation got the ball rolling. Then the 13th Amendment was passed, outlawing slavery. That was a big step forward, but it took time to get all of the slaves freed during Reconstruction.

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