tinydancer
Diamond Member
Maryland and Kentucky are not what I would Call Northern States. Yes they were on the side of the North (in the Case of Maryland Lincoln had to have their legislator Arrested to keep them in the Unions) But those 2 states did not make up the North. My Own State Michigan proudly Says, that Slavery was never legal in this state. It was the Same in Most Northern States. Kentucky and Maryland not withstanding.
You ignored the part where I said, census figures showed that many other Northern states had slaves right up to the Civil War.
I find that odd, because those people all would have been in Violation of their states laws. Perhaps they owned slaves in Border states, Perhaps had 2 Homes? Don't know, but your Info is the first I have ever seen that suggests Northern States had slaves.
Here's a link to wiki. The Northern States had slaves for true.
This is an interesting chart because it shows when slavery was abolished, BUT then shows when slavery actually ended in the state.
You had slaves in Vermont, Pennsylvania, Mass, NH, CT Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey.
Slave and free states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia