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In OTL slavery was ended in two legal ways. One was the emancipation proclamation which only had an actual effect when areas in rebellion were defeated. The other part was the 13th amendment which took effect after the defeat of the rebellion.

Now if one imagines the South winning, but not taking Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri, and I suppoe Delaware what would have happened to slaves there.

IN principle if the rest of the North wanted it there would be the chance of passing somethign like the 13th amendment.

However there may be a wish not to alienate states.

This would have had key effect. Plainly if there were no slavery in the Union crossing the border woudl be the equivalant of freedom, since slave owners in the sessessionist area would not be able to invoke rights under the US Constitution.
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