16 févr. 1820 - Missouri Compromise 36°30′
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The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free.Missouri is slave, Maine is free
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Date:
16 févr. 1820
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