A follow-up to this agreement was issued following the passage of a clause excluding mulattoes [muh-LAH-toes]. One proposed amendment to this involved the emancipation of slaves upon turning 25-years-old. This agreement's eighth and final section addressing a portion of the Louisiana Purchase was an
A follow-up to this agreement was issued following the passage of a clause excluding mulattoes [muh-LAH-toes]. One proposed amendment to this involved the emancipation of slaves upon turning 25-years-old. This agreement's eighth and final section addressing a portion of the Louisiana Purchase was annulled by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and this act allowed for Maine to enter the Union as a free state. Name this 1820 agreement that allowed a midwestern state to enter the Union.
A follow-up to this agreement was issued following the passage of a clause excluding mulattoes [muh-LAH-toes].
Missouri Compromise of 1820