During the Civil War the Northern armies fought to free most of the slaves in the nation. Slaves of the Confederacy were declared free because of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. After the Civil War slavery still existed, but not in the United States. Few nations still allow slavery today. There are still slaves in the United States.
Children work like slaves in numerous countries, like child labor .
Slaves were still smuggled into the United States after it was outlawed in . Slavery is still practiced in other countries . Most slaves were Indians after the war. Black people were very happy to be free from slavery. No one knows exactly how many people lived with slavery.