What year did Vermont prohibit slavery?
1777. Vermont prohibited slavery within its borders in 1777. By 1804, northern states passed laws abolishing slavery. The South, however, depended on slavery. By the mid-1800’s the United States was divided over the issue of slavery: the North wanted to abolish (end) slavery, and the South wanted slavery to continue. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November, 1860, South Carolina seceded (withdrew) from the Union. In March, 1861, Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th President. Eleven Southern states had seceded from the Union and formed their own government called the Confederate States of America. Slavery was legal in the Confederate States of America. The issue of slavery was one of the causes leading up to the Civil War in 1861. Four years later, in 1865, the North had defeated the South, and the United States was again one nation. The Thirteenth Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. It abolishes slavery in the United States. Although slavery was unconstitut
