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17h 45min, may 8, 1820 y - Missouri compromise

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The Missouri Compromise seemed to solve the problem by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, keeping the number of free and slave states equal. It also divided the rest of the Louisiana Purchase into slave and free territory.

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17h 45min, may 8, 1820 y
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~ 206 years ago