0h 57min, feb 6, 1820 y - Missouri Compromise instated by government.
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To keep the balance between free and slave states in the Union, any states below the line were slave states, and anything above was a free state. This will cause many disputes in Congress when new land such as California is acquired.
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0h 57min, feb 6, 1820 y
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~ 204 years ago