mar 3, 1820 - Missouri Compromise
Description:
Finally, a compromise was reached. On March 3, 1820, Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of MissouriAdded to timeline:
Date:
mar 3, 1820
Now
~ 205 years ago