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Originally Posted by Tuna
Not name only, it wasn't very prevalent, but it was still legal. I think that qualifies it as a slave state. Kentucky was part of the border states, but sided with the Union after the Confederate army moved into their state.
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I've read differently but you may be right. The point, though, is that slavery was the major issue that caused the war. The fracture may not have been a perfectly clean line, but it's no coincidence that happened where it happened.