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2h 23min, may 30, 1854 y - Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.

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2h 23min, may 30, 1854 y
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~ 172 years ago

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