At 04:29 PM 11/9/2004 -0800 d.brin wrote: >---------- >Some of you recall I used a metaphor - "the Union has been conquered >by the Confederacy". Some ridiculed this, pointing to the Plains and >Mountain states, forgetting that those areas DID allow slavery >before the Civil War. > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/rundgren/FREESTATES.jpg
Unfortunately, Dr. Brin, this appears to be an Urban Legend. It turns out that Kansas was admitted as a "free State" before the Civil War began. Meanwhile, at least one historian believes that there was no significant support for slavery in the Nebraska Territory. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Kansas-Nebraska-Act JDG - The Washington Redskins had correlation too, Maru! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
