On March 3, 1820, Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, wrote to Monroe, his fellow Virginian, stating, “This Missouri question by a geographical line of division is the most ...

Sen. Henry Clay, known as "the Great Compromiser," brought about the Missouri Compromise of 1820. ... you draw this line at 36°30' and there is no slavery north of the 36°30'.

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 owners. Civil Rights and the Black American ...

Bullish (Video) The Missouri Compromise: Slavery, Congress, and the 1820 Crisis. Posted: February 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025. The film discusses the historical context leading to the ...

On March 3, 1820, Congress approved the Missouri compromise, a law that maintained a balance in the Senate between free and slave states. The pact only lasted 24 years, and its elimination was one ...

On this day in 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, a measure to keep the number of slave-holding and free states equal by bringing Missouri into the Union as a slave state ...

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 owners. Civil Rights and the Black American ...