In 1820, lawmakers developed a compromise that would allow ... stating, “This Missouri question by a geographical line of division is the most portentous one I have ever contemplated.

It highlights key events such as the Missouri Compromise, the Wilmot Proviso, and the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to maintain a balance between North and South regarding slavery. The film also ...

When the territory of Missouri applied ... The enabling act of March 6, 1820, made it clear, however, that fugitive slaves could be apprehended north of the compromise line and returned to their ...

NORRIS: - the Missouri Compromise of 1820. It was at a time when there was ... In the Louisiana territory, you draw this line at 36°30' and there is no slavery north of the 36°30'.

In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed to sort out this issue. By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri ...

Montgomery Blair's letter to Ex-Secretary Welles, that lie was induced to offer his amendment, repealing the Missouri Compromise, to Judge Douglas' Kansas Nebraska bill. View Full Article in ...