Slavery in the Americas began in August of 1619 when 20 African men arrived at Point Comfort, Virginia. Slavery remained legal until President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. However, freedom for many enslaved men, women, and children did not become a reality until after the end of the Civil War in 1865. […]
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