Border States
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The Border States were slaveholding U.S. states on the Union–Confederate frontier during the American Civil War, strategically significant for their divided loyalties and key geographic position.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Border States canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of U.S. states
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Lincoln administration border-state policy
ⓘ
Union military occupation in parts of the region ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Reconstruction-era political conflict
ⓘ
gradual abolition of slavery by state action ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Union ⓘ |
| characteristic |
divided loyalties
ⓘ
remained in the Union ⓘ slaveholding ⓘ strategic geographic position ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demographicFeature | mixed populations of Unionists and secessionists ⓘ |
| economicFeature |
agricultural economy with slave labor
ⓘ
commercial ties to both North and South ⓘ |
| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Delaware
ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ Maryland ⓘ Missouri ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ slaveholding counties of Tennessee ⓘ slaveholding counties of Virginia ⓘ |
| historicalDebate | definition varies among historians ⓘ |
| legalStatus | permitted slavery at start of Civil War ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio River Valley
Upper South ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Union–Confederate frontier ⓘ |
| militarySignificance |
bases for Union operations into the Confederacy
ⓘ
vital for Union defensive line ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | did not secede from the Union ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Compensated emancipation in border states
ⓘ
Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ creation of West Virginia ⓘ guerrilla warfare in Missouri and Kentucky ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate slave states
Union slave states ⓘ |
| significance |
buffer between North and Deep South
ⓘ
control of border rivers ⓘ control of key railroads ⓘ control of transportation routes ⓘ source of manpower for Union and Confederacy ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | American Civil War ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.