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Curiously, quite a lot of them freed their slaves because Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Presumably they'd figured out thet Lincoln was going to win.

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What state did not free the slaves?

The state that did not free the slaves was Delaware. Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not free slaves either.


What did the end of civil war mean to north and south and for slaves?

It meant that the slaves would be free and the southern people must have been broken-hearted knowing that all of their free labor would be lost.


What were slaves lives outside of working on the plantations?

In the south there were no "free" slaves. Only the northern states had free blacks living. The slaves in the south had to have passes to leave the plantation and anyone who was black was a slave. If they were stopped by a white southerner they could be questioned, beaten, killed, and taken back to their owners. Those who escaped to the north had to be careful because the "free slave act" stated that any slave that was out could be considered a runaway slave. The slave catchers would go north and kidnap free blacks, chain them, and take them south as escaped slaves. One of the most famous cases of this was Northrup a free man who was taken against his will and it took him 25 years before he was able to return home. The slave catchers didn't care because they were paid for each black they returned south and as far as they were concerned there were no free blacks north or south.


Would slaves be set free if they fought in the Civil War?

Technically slaves could not fight in the war unless they had permission from the owners or there owners had made them fight. But at the end of the Civil War all the slaves were set free this is what the civil war was about the North wanted the slaves to be set free but the south wanted slaves as they relied on them for there economy. this was the Cotton indusrty mainly when the North won the war they decleared all slaves free.


Who wanted to free slaves?

Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves.

Related Questions

How did many Southerner's feel about secession?

liked the secession because it ment separtaiton of a country that was bound to free the slaves sometime in the near future.


Why would Slaves choose the city of Oberlin to visit?

Slaves would be free there.


Where the slaves really free?

Some slaves thought they would be free if they worked hard, but their masters would just keep them if they worked well. If they were bad their master would kill them, so no, the slaves were not really free.


When did The Killing start?

it started after the civil war. when slaves were free, the kkks would capture the freed slaves at night. the kkks would hang the freed slaves on a tree. then when the slaves died the kkks would born there bodys.


Where the slaves better off free or owned?

Slaves were better off free (although if they were free, they would not be called slaves). However, even freed slaves had to deal with racist attitudes and laws (for example, African Americans could not vote until well after the Civil War).


What did president have to say about the insititution of slavery?

He was not against nor for slavery. he would free the slaves if it helped end the war or not free the slaves to help end the war.


What state did not free the slaves?

The state that did not free the slaves was Delaware. Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not free slaves either.


Education reform did not help?

free black slaves


Who is an abolitionist Explain?

An abolitionist is a person who opposes slavery. The ones who truly dislike it go out there and free their slaves or convince others to oppose it, like Harriet Tubman and the Grimke sisters.


In his first address did Lincoln say he would free the slaves in the south?

no


What did the end of civil war mean to north and south and for slaves?

It meant that the slaves would be free and the southern people must have been broken-hearted knowing that all of their free labor would be lost.


Were gladiators slaves or free men?

they were slaves not free men