Every state in the North outlawed slavery by 1804, they didn't need to free any slaves in the North - just crossing state lines or Federal force's lines freed slaves from the south. Pick up a history book, reading can be fun, and can make you correct on the internet.
Every state in the North outlawed slavery by 1804, they didn't need to free any slaves in the North - just crossing state lines or Federal force's lines freed slaves from the south. Pick up a history book, reading can be fun, and can make you correct on the internet.
The Union included five slave states who did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia
West Virginia seceded as a part of Virginia, in 1861 they broke away from Virginia and rejoined the Union
True. My wording was imprecise- however they were a slave state who aligned with the North during the war.