Free state.
Slave
Slave
Slave state
Mississippi was a slave state until the end of the Civil War.
it was a free state >3
Slave state
no it was slave free
Free state.
According to the fugitive slave laws a slave was not automatically free if he/she escaped to a slave free state. If a slave was caught in a free state, the people were obligated to hold them for the slave chasers. Not many people obeyed this rule, though.
Yes it was a slave state
Slave
it was a free state
Slave
A slave state.
Slave state
In 1803, Ohio became the first non-slave state out of the northwest territories. Citizens were divided on the subject, but it was an official non-slave state.