<P> Lincoln 's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to the border states . Of the states that were exempted from the proclamation , Maryland ( 1864 ) , Missouri ( 1865 ) , Tennessee ( 1865 ) , and West Virginia ( 1865 ) abolished slavery before the war ended . However , Delaware and Kentucky did not abolish slavery until December 1865 , when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified . </P>
<P> Lincoln 's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to the border states . Of the states that were exempted from the proclamation , Maryland ( 1864 ) , Missouri ( 1865 ) , Tennessee ( 1865 ) , and West Virginia ( 1865 ) abolished slavery before the war ended . However , Delaware and Kentucky did not abolish slavery until December 1865 , when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified . </P>
when was slavery abolished in the border states
when was slavery abolished in the border states
December 1865 , when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified
December 1865 , when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified