Henry Clay
Henry Clay
The State of California became a free State when the Compromise of 1850 was passed.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine
California
Compromise of 1850
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was enacted, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This compromise was designed to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Union, as Missouri's admission would otherwise tip the balance in favor of slave states. The compromise also established a line at the 36°30′ latitude, north of which slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state on the condition that Maine would enter as a free state. This arrangement maintained the balance of power between slave and free states in Congress. Additionally, the compromise established a geographic boundary for slavery in the western territories, prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel, except for Missouri.
After the Compromise of 1850 California became a free State, on September 9, 1850.
The compromise of 1820 allowed the state of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state in exhange for Maine entering as a free state. The compromise also stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would enter as a free state.