What is a slave state?
Q: What is a slave state?
A: A slave state was a U.S. state in which the practice of slavery was legal at a particular point in time.
Q: What is a free state?
A: A free state was one in which slavery was prohibited.
Q: How did slavery divide the country?
A: Slavery was an issue that divided the country and it was one of the primary causes of the American Civil War.
Q: When did slavery become abolished in all states and territories?
A: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in every state and territory of the United States except in cases of punishment for criminal activity.
Q: When did slave and free states become obsolete terms?
A: After 1865 when all states were free from slavery, these terms became more or less obsolete.
