Part of the chapter. All can be seen on the Iowa History Site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Making of Iowa Chapter XXX Iowa and Slavery Iowa always has been a "free state". Salvery never had a foothold here. But during many years preceding the Civil War the slavery question was a burning issue in Iowa politics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But although Iowa was a "free state", there have been slaves within her limits. Before she was a Territory, and while she was attached to Michigan and to Wisconsin, some of the whites among her earliest citizens possessed blacks whom they had brought into the new country. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/