Free state
Oregon entered as a Free State.
Minnesota was admitted into the Union on May 11, 1858 becoming the 32nd state to join the Union. Oregon was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1859 becoming the 33rd state to join the union.
No state was added explicitly to balance Oregon. Kansas was the next state to join the Union, but it was also a free state.The failure to balance the oncoming succession of free states with slave states was a serious threat to the longevity of the "peculiar institution" and one of the major reasons for secession less than a year after Oregon's admission to the Union.
Some in the United States. California, Oregon, and Nevada were.
During the Civil War, Oregon was a free state.
Most of its settlers did not use enslaved laborers
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.
The Union states that bordered seceding states included both free and slave states. For instance, Pennsylvania and Ohio were free states that bordered the slave states of Virginia and Kentucky. Additionally, Missouri, which was a border state with divided loyalties, had Union and Confederate sympathizers but was also adjacent to free states like Illinois and Iowa. Thus, the border regions were complex, reflecting a mix of free and slave state dynamics.
Maine entered the union as a free state. Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The free country that shared a border with the Soviet Union was Poland. Located in Central Europe, Poland had a significant border with the Soviet Union during the Cold War era. After World War II, Poland became a communist state but was considered a "free" country in the sense that it had a distinct national identity and culture, despite being under Soviet influence. Poland's transition to democracy began in the 1980s, culminating in the fall of communism in 1989.
Pennsylvania was a"Free State"
Ohio was always a Free state. It remained a Free State when admitted to the Union. Ohio had many stops on the Underground Railroad to help free slaves.