Abolish Slavery Dbq

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For many years, since the first colonies, people have used slaves as free labor and to get the work they needed done without paying them. Slaves were free. They had owners. Since they were owned, no one cared how they were treated. Slaves were not treated as humans. And so in 1865 after the 13th amendment was ratified to abolish slavery in the United States forever.