Question

Why do you think some slave states did not secede from the union? yahoo?

Answer 1

In the context of the American Civil War (1861–1865), the border states were slave states that did not declare a secession from the Union and did not join the Confederacy. ... Four slave states never declared a secession: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.

Answer 2

Because they believed that President Lincoln wouldn't eventually abolish slavery all together