All of the Union states that allowed slavery before the war were not affected by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 was not a slave code. It declared all enslaved individuals in Confederate states to be free.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
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.
Some states were free states and some states were slave.
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.
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.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln on January 1st 1863 (Union), it freed all slaves in the CONFEDERATE states not the Union slave states.