Re:What did British officers think of the American civil war...
by triceratops on Friday May 20, 2022 @10:08PM
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> why didn't delaware and maryland also secede with slave owning states?
Have you looked at a map to see where they are? They would've been curbstomped fairly quickly if they tried. And although slavery was legal in Delaware, 91% of the Black population there was free at the start of the ACW.[1]
> The south didn't secede after the north freed the slaves, threatened to free the slaves,
The South seceded because they feared the North would free the slaves.
> Why did west virginia secede from virginia?
Because they disagreed with Virginia's secession from the United States.
Have you looked at a map to see where they are? They would've been curbstomped fairly quickly if they tried. And although slavery was legal in Delaware, 91% of the Black population there was free at the start of the ACW.[1]
> The south didn't secede after the north freed the slaves, threatened to free the slaves,
The South seceded because they feared the North would free the slaves.
> Why did west virginia secede from virginia?
Because they disagreed with Virginia's secession from the United States.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware#Slavery_and_race