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The Proclamation applied only in ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863, thus it did not cover the nearly 500,000 slaves in the slave-holding border states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland or Delaware) which were Union states - those slaves were freed by separate state and federal actions.

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These states were known as boarder sates. They were slave states which bordered the Union.

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What slave states stayed in the Union during the Civil War?

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the civil war; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation. Plus, of course, District of Columbia, until slavery was abolished there in '62.


Was Kentucky a slave state or a free state?

Gracious sakes, were you asleep for all of 5th grade? Kentucky was a slave state that didn't secede during the Civil War. Such states are called "border states" and include Missouri, Maryland, and even Delaware. West Virginia was taken from Virginia in 1863, but that region had little or no slavery.


What was a border state at the time of the civil war?

During the US Civil War, states that had not joined the Confederacy, but were slave states, were termed the "border states". They are as follows:A. Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware; andB. There always a Confederate hope that either the former three ones mentioned would eventually secede.


What were the slave states that remained in the Union called?

There were five slave states that remained in the Union. Initially there were four -- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. West Virgina separated from Virginia when it (Virginia) seceded from the Union. West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863 as a slave state. West Virgina remained in the Union making it the fifth slave state not to secede. These five slave states were called border states.


What are the 5 Union states that stayed in the union?

Do you mean the five slave-states that stayed in the Union? There were origially four - Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. A fifth was the newly-created state of West Virginia, which broke away from the Confederate state of Virginia in 1863.

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What was one of the slave states that stayed in the Union?

Virginia was a Confederate state. The Union slave states were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. In June 1863 West Virginia became the fifth Union slave state.


How many states remained part of the union 1863?

In 1863, four slave states remained in the Union. These were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal in all the states in 1865.


How many states remained part of the union in 1863?

In 1863, four slave states remained in the Union. These were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution made slavery illegal in all the states in 1865.


Which states bordered the slave states in 1863?

In 1863, Kentucky bordered Confederate State Tennessee, as did a small part of Missouri. Missouri had a large border with Confederate Arkansas and Maryland had a small border with Confederate Virginia. West Virginia of course bordered Virginia as well.


What slave states stayed in the Union during the Civil War?

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the civil war; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation. Plus, of course, District of Columbia, until slavery was abolished there in '62.


Was Kentucky a slave state or a free state?

Gracious sakes, were you asleep for all of 5th grade? Kentucky was a slave state that didn't secede during the Civil War. Such states are called "border states" and include Missouri, Maryland, and even Delaware. West Virginia was taken from Virginia in 1863, but that region had little or no slavery.


Which confederate states did not have areas controlled or won by the union between 1863 and 1865?

Missouri,Kentucky,Maryland, and Delaware. Nearly 500,000 slave in these four states were not protected under the Emancipation proclamation


Which of the following were border slave states that stayed with the Union?

Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland were border states that remained in the union but still allowed slavery. The state legislatures of Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland voted to remain. Missouri voted to leave the union but union troops stormed the state capital and installed a pro union government to insure they remained with the union. Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation captured slaves were returned to their masters in Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland and in fact there are records of the Union Army conducting slave auctions in the border states.


What was a border state at the time of the civil war?

During the US Civil War, states that had not joined the Confederacy, but were slave states, were termed the "border states". They are as follows:A. Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware; andB. There always a Confederate hope that either the former three ones mentioned would eventually secede.


What were the slave states that remained in the Union called?

There were five slave states that remained in the Union. Initially there were four -- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. West Virgina separated from Virginia when it (Virginia) seceded from the Union. West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863 as a slave state. West Virgina remained in the Union making it the fifth slave state not to secede. These five slave states were called border states.


What states were free states in 1863?

Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. All the states in the North and West Virginia separated from Virginia in 1861 and joined the Union in 1863. The Union are free states. Confederate states are slave states and North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Arkansas were slave states that seceded. Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Marry land were slave states that did not join the confederacy.


What are the border states during civil civil war?

The border states were the states that weren't Free or Slave states but allowed slavery and belonged to the Union. They were Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware.Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.Plus District of Columbia in the first year of the war.And the new state of West Virginia (formed 1863, when it rejoined the Union), where there was a little slavery.So the number of Border states fluctuated between four and five.