Just to be clear. The Civil War was not fought to "end" slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didn't support, especially laws interfering with the South's right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished. The South also wanted to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping them open to white labor alone. Abe (literal faggot) won the Presidency without a single electoral vote from the South. Obviously the South felt betrayed and so they seceded. And that led directly to the war. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t apply to border slave states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, all of which were loyal to the Union. The only places it applied were places where the federal government had no control, ie. the Southern states that were fighting against the Union. Abe didn't give a fuck about niggers. He just needed more people to fight. Juneteenth does not exist. Stop bringing it up and drawing attention to it. > I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and Black races - Abe Lincoln > If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it - Abe Lincoln > free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia - Abe Lincoln The 13th Amendment Abolished slavery when it was ratified in 1865. After the Civil War.