36' 30'
Kansas Nebraska Act anything what is 36 30 North would be no slavery
Because it wasnt an exact place on the map like they usually are
To create a way for territories to become a state
according to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery#History Slavery can be traced to the earliest records, such as the Code of Hammurabi in Mesopotamia (~1800 BCE.), which refers to slavery as an already established institution. I dont know you stupid a** mother*****
slavery ended in 1 800's
free soilers
NW ordinance of 1787
vag degresar - look it up on urban dictionary
the principle of popular sovereignty should be consistently applied in the remaining territories.
The new Southwestern territories that were seeking admission to the USA. The Republicans wanted to maintain the Northern majority in Congress, so that they could continue to protect Northern industry by levying tariffs on imported goods, which were mostly needed by the South.
The Missouri Compromise occurred due to disagreement over whether territories admitted to the Union should be admitted as slave states or free states. Under the terms of the agreement, a line was drawn across all territories that were part of the Louisiana Territory at latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes North, and all territories north of that boundary line with the exception of Missouri were to be free of slavery. In order to balance the number of free and slave states with the admission of Missouri as a slave state, the northern portion of Massachusetts was separated to become the State of Maine.
Generally speaking, Northerners and Northern politicians believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand to new territories or new states. Part of their argument was negated in 1857 by a ruling by the US Supreme Court which said slavery was constitutional.
The Republican Party and the Quakers were the leading opponents of expanding slavery into the new territories.
The major source of conflict over granting statehood was the slavery question-- would slavery be allowed in the new state?
"FREE-SOILERS"
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
Slavery in the territories