It was a free state. That is why they voted Yes to the declaraion of independece
California was to be admitted as a free state.
Missouri became a slave state and Maine was a free state. Slavery Missouri became a slave state and Maine was a free state.
The Missouri Compromise stated that any new state that was below the 36-30 line on the map would be a slave state and any state above that line would be a free state. Popular sovereignty was used in years after 1850 in new states and this stated that the people of the state got to decide whether they wanted to be free or a slave state.
I think so i really dont know New York, New York did not have slavery at the time of her birth, therefore she was not a slave.
It was a free state. Only the south were slave states.
New Jersey was a slave state until 1804 when it became a free state.
No. New York abolished slavery in 1827
Maine.
New Hampshire was a free state.
It was a free state. That is why they voted Yes to the declaraion of independece
Ulster County, New York.
new york
People that lived in free states were against slavery and didn't want it to be expanded. Also, the government tried to keep the amount of slave states and non-slave states equal, so adding a new slave state would also require adding a new non-slave state.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
They want to have free states for a slave state.
Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.