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Yes. It is south of the Mason-Dixon Line, which divides the northern "free" states from the southern "slave states. There is a statue in the states capital, Annapolis; of Alex Haley and how his "roots trace back to this port city to Kunta Kinte. A slave.

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Yes, there were. The state legislature outlawed slavery in 1864.

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Yes, Maryland was one of the slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War.

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Maryland did have legal slavery until 1867 when slavery was officially declared abolished. Like most "border" states the percentage of the population held in slavery was relatively small.

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