there were a he.. of a lot of slaves in the northland to,don't forget;the civil war was not about slavery,read your liclon,he said as much in articuls to a newyork paper in 1861[if i could save the union with out freeing a single slave i would,half the slaves i would,all the slaves i would.].and on raceism,remember the race riots in boston and other new england area towns,when desegragation of schools came to them by way of the courts.the whites started the trouble because it was ok in the south but the north did'nt need it, they were way to inlightend to submitte to forced bussing. i watched it all as i was growing up.