<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> ratifies the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Amendment_to_the_U.S._Constitution" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution">13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution</a>, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.