Is Deleware the first state in the US?

The First State. In Dover, Delaware, the U.S. Constitution is unanimously ratified by all 30 delegates to the Delaware Constitutional Convention, making Delaware the first state of the modern United States. Jul 27 2019

Is Delaware considered to be in the south?

No. If you go by the definition of "southern" as states south of the Mason-Dixon Line, then Delaware was considered a northern state.

How many slaves were in Delaware?

“By the time the Civil War began, fewer than 1,800 slaves lived in Delaware, and 75 percent of them were in Sussex County , mostly in the Nanticoke River basin in the far southwest of the state.”.

What date did Delaware except the Constitution?

On Decem, Delaware was the first state to vote in favor of, or ratify, it. New Hampshire became the ninth state to accept the Constitution on J, which officially ended government under the Articles of Confederation.