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An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789–1861 (see separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the U.S.
At the time of the secession from the Union, Tennessee's Scott County listed only 61 slaves in residence. [2] It was one of only two counties in the entire state with fewer than 100 slaves. [2] Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union, in part due to the huge divide in resources and political power between the state's three divisions.
State of Franklin on U.S. map. The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin, Lost State of Franklin, or the State of Frankland) [a] was an unrecognized proposed state located in present-day East Tennessee, in the United States.
Tennessee is in the Southeastern United States.Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [1] Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), or 2.2%, is water.
List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States; Outline of Tennessee; Paleontology in Tennessee; Tennessee Department of Correction; Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security; Tennessee Equality Project; Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition; User:Sesh/Democratic Party Presidential Primaries 2008; Category ...
Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of ...
Map of the United States c. 1849 (modern state borders), with the parallel 36°30′ north—slave states in red, free states in blue This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white) with parallel 36°30′ north prominently indicated.
Secretary Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) A census in the summer of 1791 showed the territory's population to be 35,691. [1] There were 6,271 free adult white males, more than the 5,000 needed for the territory to organize a legislature. [1] Blount, however, waited until 1793 to call for elections.