Although the majority of Kentucky's slaves had been emancipated, 65,000–100,000 people remained to be legally freed when the amendment went into effect on December 18.
虽然肯塔基州的大部分奴隶都已经解放，但仍有6.5至10万人直到12月18日宪法开始生效时才在法律上获得了自由。