21. When territories recently gained from Mexico to become slave states . 22. Bradford's disapproval is most likely a result of Maryland still being a slave state . 23. By 1819 there were exactly 11 free and 11 slave states , which increased sectionalism. 24. He evaded Douglas'question about the admission of a slave state . 25. With the admission of Alabama as a 11 slave states and 11 free states. 26. The law quickly brought the state into conflict with its neighboring slave state , Kentucky. 27. When Lincoln called for troops to suppress the rebellion, four more slave states seceded. 28. Whig leaders from Southern slave states joined the Democratic party. 29. New states admitted to the union in said territory would never be slave states . 30. The prospect of bringing another slave state into the Union was fraught with problems.
