State serfs were emancipated in 1866. Serfs were not emancipated from their land. President Lincoln advocated that slave owners be compensated for emancipated slaves. Slaves in Kentucky and Delaware were not emancipated until the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified. Moreover, conditions for emancipated slaves were harsh. Children "emancipated" by a pater familias were effectively disinherited. Von was legally emancipated at age fourteen. In many jurisdictions, by marriage minors become legally emancipated. The Jews have emancipated themselves insofar as the Christians have become Jews. He had been legally emancipated from his parents. She was subsequently placed in foster care until she became legally emancipated at age 16. By the end of the year thousands of slaves were being emancipated. All slaves were emancipated by July 4, 1827. In April 1862, the District of Columbia emancipated slaves. When her father died, she became legally emancipated "(sui iuris)".