Asclepias
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West Virginia was actually created due to them not seceding and they were able to have slaves.Nope, slavery was illegal in the north:You don't even know that slavery was illegal in the northern states?? What the fuck are you arguing over if you're this fucking stupid?Somehow it figures that a racist moron would have a racist depiction of the first lady as their avatar and then know not a darn thing about the civil war and its oh so obvious cause. One has to wonder how people can be so dumb with so much information available today?
The *Civil War was over Slavery
HAHAHA. You haven't understood a word this board has said have you?. The war could not possibly have been about slavery since BOTH sides practiced slavery throughout the war. Case closed, nitwit.
Okay- some apples and oranges here.
Slavery was legal in Slave holding states- which we would consider Southern States.
4 of those Southern States did not secede- they were part of the Union but I would not call them "Northern".
Yes- slavery was legal in the Union- both before the war started- and after. That was essentially why the 13th Amendment was necessary.
Vermont, 1777†
Pennsylvania, 1780††
Massachusetts, 1783
Connecticut, 1784††
Rhode Island, 1784†††
Ohio, 1802
New Jersey, 1804††
Indiana, 1820
New York, 1827
Iowa, 1839
Illinois, 1843
New Hampshire. 1857†††
† = not strictly enforced
†† = only applied to folks born after the abolition laws passed
††† = freed most slaves. Rest were freed by the 13th Amendment
Slavery in the North
It is almost like you didn't actually read my post.
Slavery was legal in Slave holding states- which we would consider Southern States.
4 of those Southern States did not secede- they were part of the Union but I would not call them "Northern".
Yes- slavery was legal in the Union- both before the war started- and after. That was essentially why the 13th Amendment was necessary.