it was a free state
In 1803, Ohio became the first non-slave state out of the northwest territories. Citizens were divided on the subject, but it was an official non-slave state.
Ohio was always a Free state. It remained a Free State when admitted to the Union. Ohio had many stops on the Underground Railroad to help free slaves.
Ohio was always a Free state. It remained a Free State when admitted to the Union. Ohio had many stops on the Underground Railroad to help free slaves.
It was Union Civil War days. All Northern states were free.
Ohio
it was a free state >3
Slave state
The Potomac divided the Confederacy from the Union, although Maryland was a slave-state, and so was DC at the beginning. The Ohio River divided the slave-states from free soil.
no it was slave free
Free state.
According to the fugitive slave laws a slave was not automatically free if he/she escaped to a slave free state. If a slave was caught in a free state, the people were obligated to hold them for the slave chasers. Not many people obeyed this rule, though.
Yes it was a slave state