0h 47min, jun 17, 1820 y - 1820 Missouri Compromise
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The Missouri Compromise, proposed by Henry Clay was to appease the Congress and keep an even seating of proslave and anti-slave states. The Compromise stated that if a slave state were ready to enter it must wait until a free state is ready to enter and vice versa. It also stated that there was to be no slavery above the 36/30 parallel. Wood (2017) In class discussion. This is important because it is yet another way to push back the issue of slavery into a later date.
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