The Act for Religious Toleration
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Maryland Toleration Act was passed in 1649 by assembly of the Province of Maryland mandating religious toleration. The Colonists needed to attract venture profitable. In order to protect the Catholics from the immigrating Puritans and Protestants, the Calverts supported the Act Concerning Religion. The Act allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland, but sentenced anyone to death who denied the divinity of Jesus.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia.
Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware. District of Columbia was also a slave-state (though not allowed to trade slaves) until the summer of 1861.