Compromise is in 1820; Missouri enters in 1821 as a slave state, with
provisions for no slavery north and west of Missouri.  North is bitterly
opposed to Missouri entering as a slave state because Mo. is north of the
Northwest Ordinance line, where slavery was already prohibited; southerners
say NWO does not apply to west of Mississippi; both have legitimate points in
the argument; but if no representation for slaves, South would lose vote in
House.

Paul Finkelman

Diana Bennett wrote:

> Dear Paul:
>
> You raise another question. What year was Missouri made a state? I
> thought the subject was settled with the the Missouri Compromise in 1820
> which said that all states above a certain parallel would be free
> states???
>
> Diana Bennett
>
> This is what happens when you write e-mails very late at night; what I
> meant to
> say was that the compromise barely passed thus *preventing* Missouri
> from coming
> in as a free state;  had the South not had many extra representatives,
> based on
> slaves, the pro slavery compromise, bringing Mo. in as a slave state
> could never
> have passed the house of representatives.
>
> thanks for the correction
>
> Trenton Hizer wrote:
>
> > Another minor correction.  Missouri came in as a slave state.
>
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