The Mason &-Dickson line
The northern states did want Missouri admitted to the union as a slave state so as to balance the free slave trade.
abolitionists were mostly from the northern states because in the south slaves were used to work but in the north they had free labor.
In 1861, the free states primarily included those in the northern United States, such as New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and California. These states had abolished slavery and did not permit the institution within their borders. Additionally, states like Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts were also considered free states during that time. The free states stood in contrast to the slave states, primarily in the southern U.S.
They were having disagreements on slavery. The North (Union) was against slavery and were the free states. The South (Confederate) was for slavery and were slave states.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT MANY STATES JOINED THE SOUTHERN STATES. MANY JOINED THE NORTHERN STATES !
The North were free states and the South were slave states.
The Mason &-Dickson line
Integrated, Slave-free, and equal.
In most northern states free blacks were segregated from the whites in public places. They were not given equal economic opportunities or allowed to go to public schools.
It was Union Civil War days. All Northern states were free.
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If the were slaves, by definition they would not have been free.ANSWER:The states that make up the northern part of the United States were free states. None of the northern states allowed slavery during the American Civil War. That's why so many slaves ran to those states - FREEDOM!
The upper southern states were the first to start freeing slaves. The northern states were already free states and didn't need to free any slaves.