Here we take another look at Mencius's discussion of human nature in association with his definition of ren/jen, and get at a better understanding of the Mencian approach to the human being. 1. Ren/jen (human heartedness/humaneness) as innate human nature
Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel slavery that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries after it gained independence and before the end of the American Civil War.
Confidence votes 22.5K. Slavery ended in 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in rebel states with the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It should be noted that this was merely a political move as he had no power to do so at the time of this proclamation.