Was Kentucky a slave holding state?

Answer 1

Yes, Kentucky was a breading states cause Kentucky was mountainous and therefore was really not a crop state. However it was known as a slave breading state. They would bread slaves like you bread a dog. And then sell them for profit. It happen all over the US but in Kentucky it was more mechanized then in other states cause it was the states largest sources of revenue. Kentucky never really had any real major plantations cause it was very mouthiness. Kentucky is like West Virginia today very poor cause it is mountainous. After slaver ended many of the black slaves fled Kentucky probably because they were traumatized. Today we would call this a crime against humanity under the International Courts. Yes, White Americans always talk about wrongs and injustices committed around the world but never look at them selfs in the mirror.

Answer 2

It was a slave-state right up until they issued the 13th Amendment in December 1865. During the Civil War, it was one of the slave-states that had remained loyal, and was therefore outside the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer 3

Yes. While remaining loyal to the Union during the Civil War, Kentucky (along with Maryland and Delaware) were slave-holding states of the Union until after the war.

Answer 4

yes there were kentuckey got designated a slave