some slaves when they were freed in the 1860s and earlier would take the name Freeman or Freedman.
Liberia
Freeman, Free Negro
Yes - for a short section of that frontier. It was the border between Pennsylvania (free soil) and slave-owning Maryland.
Dred Scott.
free-man, free-woman
Slave
comprimise of 1850 Arkansas - slave Michigan - free Florida - slave Texas - slave Iowa - free Wisconsin - free
it was a free state >3
no it was slave free
Do you mean slave-free soil? (In other words free soil?)
The Border States. These were the slave-states that had voted to stay loyal. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
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.