Then why didn't Lincoln free any of the slaves living in the North. No small number. According to the US Census of 1860, there were only 64 slaves in all of the "Free" States and Territories in that year: 29 in Utah Territory, 15 in Nebraska Territory, 2 in Kansas Territory, and 18 in New Jersey.
Walt
I've never seen that research. Could you source that or did you look in the census yourself?
Of cousre we could always go back to the fact that Lincoln wanted the slaves deported, and even told a group of them it would be best.