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title: "Why did the border states- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri- where slavery was legal, not join other southern states in seceding in the months before Abraham Lincoln took office?"  
description: "Why did the border states- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri- where slavery was legal, not join other southern states in seceding in the months before Abraham Lincoln took office?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41567/why-did-the-border-states-delaware-maryland-kentucky-and-missouri-where-slavery-was-legal-not-join-other-southern-states-in-seceding-in-the-months-before-abraham-lincoln-took-office  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the border states- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri- where slavery was legal, not join other southern states in seceding in the months before Abraham Lincoln took office?

Why did the border states- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri- where slavery was [legal](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43952/legal-issues-for-stress-at-work), not [join](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/35/join-in-sql-server) other [southern states](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51335/why-did-southern-states-progress-more-slowly-than-northern-states) in seceding in the months before [Abraham Lincoln](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34863/who-was-named-president-after-abraham-lincoln-was-assassinated) took [office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23284/how-to-improve-your-office-for-higher-productivity)?\
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