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may 30, 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act served to repeal the Compromise of 1820 which stated that slavery was not allowed above the latitude line 36deg30'. This meant that the inhabitants of Kansas and Nebraska had the choice to allow slavery or to denounce and prohibit it.

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may 30, 1854
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~ 171 years ago

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