Question

What year did slavery start

Answer 1

Slavery started in the year 1619 in America. It happened when a ship brought 20 African Americans to Jamestown, Virginia, throughout the 17th century.

Answer 2

1865

Due to Union measures such as the Confiscation Acts and Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the war effectively ended slavery, even before ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865 formally ended the legal institution throughout the United State