[DiogenesLamp]

My question was "what part of the United States are any of those places?"

You didn't answer the question. If anything, you affirmed that none of those places were part of the United States.

And there was already massive slavery in the Caribbean.

[DoodleDawg]

You didn't answer the question. If anything, you affirmed that none of those places were part of the United States.

They weren't...yet. A condition that the Confederacy was anxious to take care of.