It was one state, slavery was legal there.
That was some creative writing you tried there.
Oh I’m not trying to be creative. Delaware was both ahead and behind the times when it came to slavery. FWIW The free black population far out numbered the enslaved population and Delaware had about 1900 enslaved people in the 1860 census. They also had a Farming community in the southern counties that pulled a lot of shenanigan’s with slave traders in Maryland.
It was a very Racist State when it came to politics and legalities, but that was also under strong Democrat Party Rule.
It had a great deal of early history that was very liberal minded when it came to slavery and was one of the earliest to ban importation of slaves along with other measures to limit it going back to the mid 1700’s So it is a very mixed and split history when it comes to Delaware and Slavery. So on the books, they were the last State to repeal it, but in practice there was very low participation in it compared to most if not all of the other Slave States.
Delaware is an interesting case study on many aspects of colonization, statehood, etc. If Biden hadn’t moved there and dug in, I would bet there might be derision on the board here and maybe a more open mindset to its history.
Although I was born there, my families history is much more ingrained in Bucks County PA going back to the mid 1700’s