It was Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, PA was the capital city of the United States at the time.
Vermont
The state that did not free the slaves was Delaware. Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not free slaves either.
the last state
Mississippi is the last state that freed the slaves in the United States. Mississippi actually did not ratify the law that freed the slaves.
The first written account of freeing of slaves is Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery, so I guess you could say they were the first free slaves.
Vermont
The state that did not free the slaves was Delaware. Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not free slaves either.
The Emancipation proclamation did not free the slaves in which state?
Louisiana was the first former Confederatestate which started togradually emancipatethe slaves following its acceptation of Lincoln's "10% Plan".
The slave state with more free black people than slaves was Virginia. Though there was much debate about whether the state should be considered a slave state or free state due to the number of free slaves.
the last state
It is largely believed to be Illinois, being where Abe lived.
Well, now it is.
for the slaves to go to a free state and be free!
Mississippi is the last state that freed the slaves in the United States. Mississippi actually did not ratify the law that freed the slaves.
a slave state has slaves that work in that state others like free states have none
everyone state was free when the emancipation proclemation was proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln.