South could count 3/5 of their slaves as people when calculating for representation in the House of Representatives.
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In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
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Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
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