Question

The State of Tennessee was the only Confederate state to do the following voluntarily after the Civil War:

a
secede
b
abolish slavery
c
outlaw vigilante groups
d
abolish poll taxes

Answer 1

The correct answer is **b: abolish slavery**. Tennessee was the first Confederate state to abolish slavery, doing so through a state constitutional convention in 1865, which was before the 13th Amendment was ratified.