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Anniversaries in American history that fall on December 6.

1865 · Eras
Thirteenth Amendment ratified
Slavery abolished; 4 million formerly enslaved people legally free
Reconstruction
1865 · Eras
Thirteenth Amendment ratified
Slavery abolished throughout the United States
The Civil War
1865 · Concepts / Social Issues
Thirteenth Amendment ratified
Slavery abolished throughout the United States after 246 years
American Slavery
1865 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Thirteenth Amendment
The 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
Thirteenth Amendment