Missouri Compromise
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Slavery, Slaves, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: African American History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Missouri
- Date: March 3, 1820
Article abstract: A measure that attempts to pacify both Northern and Southern sectional interests by allowing slavery to exist in the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory.
Summary of Event
Between 1818 and 1819 both the territories of Missouri and Maine petitioned the U.S. Congress to be admitted as new states. The Missouri Territory had been created from the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and was promised constitutional protection. However, Congress could not decide if the right of property applied to the institution of slavery. Should it be...
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