According to the Union, when were the slaves in the Confederacy officially freed?

1 Answer
Feb 11, 2017

They were freed after the first proclamation of emancipation on the 28th of August in 1863.

Explanation:

Slavery was only totally abolished by the 13th amendment in 1865, that means terriitories which had joine the Union during the Civil War(such as Kentucky or West Virginia) also had to free their own slaves.