While the following states allowed slavery, the courts of Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi respected the laws of free jurisdictions; and juries freed numerous slaves on the grounds of their having been held illegally in free states.
The following states allowed slavery. The courts of Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi respected the laws of free jurisdictions. The following states allowed slavery. Juries freed numerous slaves on the grounds of their. Juries were having been held illegally in free states.