Arkansas was a slave state. It lies south of the Mason-Dixon line.
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∙ 13y agoArkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836 as a slave state.
comprimise of 1850 Arkansas - slave Michigan - free Florida - slave Texas - slave Iowa - free Wisconsin - free
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.
A slave state.
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thereby keeping the existing balance between the number of slave and free states. The slave owners knew there was opposition to slavery in the free states and were always worried that runaway slaves would not be returned to their owners or that slavery would be abolished throughout the country.
a slave state
comprimise of 1850 Arkansas - slave Michigan - free Florida - slave Texas - slave Iowa - free Wisconsin - free
Yesh.
Arkansas became a territory, then a state. It was however not allowed to join the United States because it was a slave state. Abraham Lincoln wanted to maintain slave and unslave states equally, so Arkaknsas couldn't join until another free state joined. Arkansas sister state was Michigan.
it was a free state >3
In 1792
The question itself is wrong. The Missouri Compromise made Missouri and Maine states. Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Slave state
no it was slave free
Free state.
Yes it was a slave state
Slave
it was a free state