The Border States, or the Buffer States.
what does secede mean
The Union was considered the North and the Federal Government, or all the non border states, which did not secede from the "Union".
The Border Slave States, which did not secede from the Union, in April 1861, once the Civil War started, were:MissouriKentuckyWest Virginia *MarylandDelaware*West Virginia was admitted into the Union, breaking away from Virginia in June of 1863.
The Border States were a key part of the US Civil War. They were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, it was important for the Union to prevent that they did not secede and join the South.
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Union had 19 states, not including the four border states that did not secede. The Confederacy had only 11.
To secede and to keep slavery.
In 1861
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No states quit the American Civil War. However, there were five slave states that did not secede and, instead, fought for the Union. These states were called border states and were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada and Kansas.
Kansas was not a border state during the American Civil War. The border states were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, which were states that allowed slavery but did not secede from the Union. Kansas, on the other hand, was a free state and did not have the same debates over secession and slavery.