Missouri Compromise of 1820
-an agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery faction which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory above 30' 36", except within the state of Missouri
- This compromise created free and slave states which split the country in half and turned the north against the south.
-Later the Dred Scott case abolished this act and the free and slave state line was erased. The case did this because it claimed that slaves were property, and you could have your property anywhere in the U.S including the free states.
- This compromise created free and slave states which split the country in half and turned the north against the south.
-Later the Dred Scott case abolished this act and the free and slave state line was erased. The case did this because it claimed that slaves were property, and you could have your property anywhere in the U.S including the free states.
“An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.”
(PREAMBLE)
“In all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of [Missouri], . . . slavery and involuntary servitude . . . shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.”
(SECTION 8)
(PREAMBLE)
“In all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of [Missouri], . . . slavery and involuntary servitude . . . shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.”
(SECTION 8)
Background information -----------------------------------------------> The Controversial Act
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