<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> ratifies <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Amendment_to_the_U.S._Constitution" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution">13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution</a>, followed soon by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery in the United States">U.S. slaves</a> were legally free within two weeks.