<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Before 1812, the concern about balancing slave - states and free states was not profound . This is how the states lined up in 1812 . The year column is the year the state ratified the US Constitution or was admitted to the Union: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Slave states </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Free states </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delaware </Td> <Td> 1787 </Td> <Td> New Jersey (Slave until 1804) </Td> <Td> 1787 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> <Td> Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> 1787 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maryland </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Carolina </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> <Td> Massachusetts </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> <Td> New Hampshire </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Carolina </Td> <Td> 1789 </Td> <Td> New York (Slave until 1799) </Td> <Td> 1788 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kentucky </Td> <Td> 1792 </Td> <Td> Rhode Island </Td> <Td> 1790 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> 1796 </Td> <Td> Vermont </Td> <Td> 1791 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louisiana </Td> <Td> 1812 </Td> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> 1803 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Slave states </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Free states </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr>

What were the total numbers of slave states and free states in 1812