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. . Robert Morris Pennsylvania 3 Yes Yes Yes The Arizona Organic Act abolished slavery on February 24 1863 in the newly formed Arizona Territory Tennessee and all of the border states (except Kentucky) abolished slavery by early 1865 Thousands of slaves were freed by the operation of the Emancipation Proclamation as Union armies marched across the South Emancipation came to the remaining southern slaves after the surrender of all Confederate troops in spring 1865. .

4 Outbreak of the war Uncle Tom's Cabin Interactive map showing border of Washington D.C (click to zoom). . . William Duer New York 1 Yes There were economic and ethnic differences between free blacks of the Upper South and Deep South with the latter fewer in number but wealthier and typically of mixed race Half of the black slaveholders lived in cities rather than the countryside with most living in New Orleans and Charleston Especially New Orleans had a large relatively wealthy free black population (gens de couleur) composed of people of mixed race who had become a third social class between whites and enslaved blacks under French and Spanish colonial rule Relatively few non-white slaveholders were "substantial planters" Of those who were most were of mixed race often endowed by white fathers with some property and social capital for example Andrew Durnford of New Orleans was listed as owning 77 slaves. According to Rachel Kranz: "Durnford was known as a stern master who worked his slaves hard and punished them often in his efforts to make his Louisiana sugar plantation a success."! 6.1 Freedom suits and Dred Scott A town that was chosen as a compromise among two or more cities (or other political divisions) none of which was willing to concede to the other(s) the privilege of being the capital city Usually the new capital is geographically located roughly equidistant between the competing population centres. Illinois state legislature Property qualifications for voting and even more substantial requirements for elected positions (though New York and Maryland lowered property qualifications). The sarcophagi of George (right) and Martha Washington at the present tomb's entrance British forces gave transportation to 10,000 slaves when they evacuated Savannah and Charleston carrying through on their promise. They evacuated and resettled more than 3,000 Black Loyalists from New York to Nova Scotia Upper Canada and Lower Canada Others sailed with the British to England or were resettled as freedmen in the West Indies of the Caribbean But slaves who were carried to the Caribbean under control of Loyalist masters generally remained slaves until British abolition in its colonies in 1834 More than 1,200 of the Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia later resettled in the British colony of Sierra Leone where they became leaders of the Krio ethnic group of Freetown and the later national government Many of their descendants still live in Sierra Leone as well as other African countries.