When did slavery end legally in South Carolina?

Slavery legally ended in South Carolina with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6, 1865. This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States. Although the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states, it was the 13th Amendment that provided the legal framework for ending slavery nationwide.