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Earn +20 ptsQ: Why did New York and New Jersey have a much higher percentage of slaves in 1790 than the other northern states?
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How did slaves react to northern soldiers descending upon their plantations?
The slaves tried to resist the northern soldiers descending upon their plantations.
Which northern cities were destination for escaped slaves?
Slaves escaped to Detroit, Erie, and Boston.
What percentage of southerners owned no slaves?
26%
What percentage of civil war slaves were indentured?
All of them.
Why did northern states agree to allow the slaves trade continue?
the reason the northern states allowed slave trade to continue was so they could have laws they wanted passed to be agreed with by the southern states. within doing this, there was a compromise and the northern states agreed to it. so, the slaves we left as property to the plantation owners and northern states didn't have to return run away slaves to their owners.
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