It is largely believed to be Illinois, being where Abe lived.
In 1803, Ohio became the first non-slave state out of the northwest territories. Citizens were divided on the subject, but it was an official non-slave state.
A slave state.
a slave state
North Carolina was a slave State
It is largely believed to be Illinois, being where Abe lived.
The Illinois state motto is related to the issues surrounding the power of an individual state versus the power of the Union. Illinois entered the Union as a free state, but Mississippi, just before, had come into the Union as a slave state. Alabama was to follow Illinois as a slave state. The Civil War was still a polarizing reality and Illinois' motto was symbolic of the issues that had been confronted during the brutal conflict.
In 1840 Illinois was a free state. It was only after a bill passed known as The Compromise of 1850 that cessation and Civil War were avoided. Those drafting the Compromise were Stephen Douglas and Henry Clay.
it was a free state >3
Slave state
no it was slave free
Free state.
Slave
Yes it was a slave state
Abraham Lincoln
it was a free state
Slave