It was Union Civil War days. All Northern states were free.
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.
it 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.
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.
The two slave states from which a slave could escape directly across the Ohio River into a free state are Kentucky and West Virginia. Kentucky is located to the south of the Ohio River, while West Virginia, which was part of Virginia during the antebellum period, lies to the east. Both states provided routes for escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio, which was a free state.
Ohio
it was a free state >3
Slave state
The Potomac divided the Confederacy from the Union, although Maryland was a slave-state, and so was DC at the beginning. The Ohio River divided the slave-states from free soil.
no it was slave free
Free state.
Yes it was a slave state