# border state

> slave state that had not declared a secession from the Union during the American Civil War

**Wikidata**: [Q669269](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669269)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_states_(American_Civil_War))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/border-state


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. National Library of Israel