alabama, which became a state in 1819, was admitted into the union as a slave state.
Missouri
The political balance between slave and free states as of 1819 was disturbed by the territory of Missouri's petition for admission to the Union as a slave state.
In 1819, there were 11 slave states in the United States. These states were part of the contentious debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories, particularly highlighted by the Missouri Compromise of that year, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance between free and slave states. This was a significant moment in American history as it set the stage for ongoing conflicts over slavery.
Bruin's Slave Jail was created in 1819.
Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenged US law by raising the issue of balancing free and slave states in the Union, upsetting the delicate equilibrium between the two. This set the stage for the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which attempted to maintain this balance by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also establishing a line across the Louisiana Territory restricting slavery north of a certain latitude.
Missouri
Alabama became a state on December 14, 1819.
Missouri. Congress agreed to allow Missouri to join the Union as a slave-state, on condition that no new slave-states were admitted anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
Alabama became a state on December 14,1819
On 14 December 1819 Alabama became the 22nd US State.
George Latimer - escaped slave - was born on 1819-07-04.