[Sherman Logan]

a little known fact is there were slaves in the union especially such states as Maryland and even further North.

Slaves in Union states were in the process of being freed throughout the War.

A bill freeing slaves in DC was signed by Lincoln on April 16, 1862. Well before the Emancipation Proclamation.

Slaves in WV were freed on March 26, 1863 just a few months after the EP.

MO ended slavery on July 1, 1863.

MD ended slavery on November 1, 1864.

TN ended slavery in early 1865.

Only KY (many thousands of slaves) and DE (perhaps 200 slaves) among Union states refused to end slavery by state action.

Given this timeline, while some remained enslaved in Union areas after the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, there weren’t very many of them and it certainly wasn’t for very long.

[nyconse]

This was in the District of Columbia...as I recall not everywhere.

[nyconse]

My point was merely that this existed. Many believe that after 1804 or so there was no slavery in the North...not true.There was a small amount up to the civil war as you pointed out.