End of slavery in the United States

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From the late 18th century to the 1860s, various states of the United States (and its federal district (D.C.); and territories) allowed the enslavement of human beings, most of whom had been transported from Africa during the Atlantic slave trade or were descendants of people who had. The institution of chattel slavery was established in North America in the 16th century under Spanish, British, French, and Dutch colonization. As the colonies that would become the United States developed, slavery became especially important to the Southern economy, where enslaved labor was used to produce major agricultural crops. The National Park Service explains that slavery also became one of the major issues dividing the country and eventually contributed to the conflict that led to the American Civil War (1861–1865). After the United States was founded in 1776, the country split into slave states (states permitting slavery) and free states (states prohibiting slavery). Slavery became concentrated...

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