non-slaveholding

Southern leaders weren't stupid, and they saw that a world in which they were out-numbered by non-slaveholding states (hell, they were only a force in the federal government as a result of the 3/5ths compromise, which allowed them to count their enslaved populations when it came time to allot out Representatives) would be one in which their comfortable existence, resting firmly on the backs of slaves, would be in a constant state of threat.

Picketts charges 2009

They have pervaded the country, from New England to Louisiana; -- they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former, nor the burning suns of the latter; -- they are not the creature of climate -- neither are they confined to the slaveholding, or the non-slaveholding States.

David Bromwich: Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law David Bromwich 2011

They have pervaded the country, from New England to Louisiana; -- they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former, nor the burning suns of the latter; -- they are not the creature of climate -- neither are they confined to the slaveholding, or the non-slaveholding States.

David Bromwich: Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law David Bromwich 2011

They have pervaded the country, from New England to Louisiana; -- they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former, nor the burning suns of the latter; -- they are not the creature of climate -- neither are they confined to the slaveholding, or the non-slaveholding States.

David Bromwich: Obama on Civility and Lincoln on the Rule of Law David Bromwich 2011

We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itselfhas been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States.

DISUNION! 2010

But an increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution.

Lo and behold, December 20 lives in infamy | Michael Tomasky 2010

We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Was the Declaration of Independence an Example of Secession, Revolution, or Both? 2009

The back country was non-slaveholding, and the economic conditions were similar to those of the northern colonies; while the coastal settlements were slaveholding and were marked by all the characteristics of southern life, except the aristocratic feature.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

Society members debated the question "Should the slave-holding states secede from the non-slaveholding?"

Slaves and Servants Erika Lindemann 2004

This was exceedingly unpopular among the non-slaveholders in the South who did constitute -- the non-slaveholding whites constituted two-thirds of the Southern families.

What They Fought For, 1861-1865 1994