Multiple choice

Slavery was abolished in America in

  1. 1833

  2. 1832

  3. 1854

  4. 1837

  5. 1863
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E Correct answer
Explanation

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, declaring that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were to be freed. This executive order fundamentally changed the character of the war from preserving the Union to a crusade against slavery, though it did not immediately free slaves in border states.

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