Originally posted by: edro13
It is quite humorous.
Actually, no, it's not. It isn't humorous at all. In fact, it's really grasping at straws. Half of those states weren't even states at the time. Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota are almost entirely within free territories. Indiana and Ohio don't match up. Iowa is undecided. Maryland was a slave state, and now it's one of the most Democratic states in the country. Alaska was full of Eskimos, but I guess according to this map, the Eskimos kept slaves in their igloos (or maybe they made them sleep outside.) And the total population of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories probably didn't even add up to a half million people, including Indians. They were basically empty, so who cares if they were open to slavery or not? Gimme a freaking break.