A compromise in 1820 that drew an imaginary line. Above that line slavery was banned but below it slavery was legal and lasted until 1850.
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the Missouri compromise determined that Missouri could become a state if
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Maine would have to join as a free state so Missouri could become a slave state.
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Missouri was admitted as a slave state (24th) on August 10, 1821, after an agreement known as the Missouri Compromise in which Maine was admitted as a free state.