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After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, there were essentially two designated slave territories: Missouri, which was admitted as a slave state, and Arkansas Territory (which later became Arkansas). The compromise aimed to maintain the balance between free and slave states, allowing slavery in Missouri while prohibiting it north of the 36°30' parallel, except for Missouri itself. Thus, the compromise established a clear boundary for the expansion of slavery in the western territories.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The 1820 Missouri Compromise.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
The Missouri Compromise, enacted in 1820, aimed to resolve the conflict between slave and free states regarding the admission of Missouri as a slave state. It established a boundary at the 36°30' latitude line, allowing slavery in Missouri and any territories south of this line while prohibiting it in territories to the north. This compromise temporarily eased tensions between the North and South over the expansion of slavery but ultimately highlighted the growing sectional divide that would lead to the Civil War.
The Missouri Compromise provided that no Slave State could be established to the north of a line represented by the parallel 36° 30' coincident with the Southern boundary of Missouri.
Missouri Compromise
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.
The compromises drew a line between free and slave states on the 36 30 line of latitude.on the Arkansas Missouri border and everything above it was free except Missouri.
Yes. It was Missouri's Southern border that became the parallel.