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border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del … English World dictionary
Border States — (engl., spr. bōrder ßtēts), »Grenzstaaten«, früherer Name der nordamerikan. Unionsstaaten Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky und Missouri, südlich von Pennsylvanien und dem Ohio, der vereinbarten Grenze zwischen Freiheit und Sklaverei, die… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Border states — In a European context, the term Border states policy, and Border states in a specific sense, refer to attempts during the interbellum to unite the countries that had won their independence from Imperial Russia due to the Russian Revolution, the… … Wikipedia
Border states (American Civil War) — In the context of the American Civil War, the term border states refers to the five slave states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia which bordered a free state and were aligned with the Union. All but Delaware share… … Wikipedia
Border states (disambiguation) — The term Border states may refer to * Border states (Civil War), five slave states during the U.S. Civil War that remained in the Union. * International Border states, states in the United States that share an international border with another… … Wikipedia
Border States — 1. U.S. Hist. the slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, which refused to secede from the Union in 1860 61. 2. the U.S. states touching the Canadian border. 3. certain countries of central and northern Europe that border on… … Useful english dictionary
Border States — /bɔdə ˈsteɪts/ (say bawduh stayts) noun 1. US History the slave states inclined to compromise instead of seceding: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri; sometimes extended to include North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. 2. US the… …
Border States — Delawa r e , Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri; before the Civil War they divided the North from the South … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
International border states — are those states in a country that border another country. In the United States there are seventeen: thirteen that border Canada and four that border Mexico.Though not sharing borders, Alaska is near Russia, and Florida is near several Caribbean… … Wikipedia
In the Border States — Infobox Film name = In the Border States image size = caption = director = D. W. Griffith producer = writer = Stanner E.V. Taylor narrator = starring = Charles West music = cinematography = G. W. Bitzer editing = distributor = released = 13 June … Wikipedia
