On March 6, 1820, President James Monroe signed into law legislation referred to as the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the northern parts of the Louisiana Territory and allowed it in ...

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 34 years, and its elimination was one of ...

In 1818, the Territory of Missouri submitted application to the United States for statehood. At this time, there were an equal number of senators (22) in the United States Senate from both free and ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A depiction of a slave auction outside the old St. Louis County Courthouse. More than 530 slaves were sold outside the courthouse ...

Frank Nickell said it is difficult to overestimate the importance of the 1820 Missouri Compromise, the agreement by the U.S. Congress to admit Missouri to the union as a slave state while at the same ...

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In 1820, a law known as the Missouri Compromise was passed in the US Congress. The law made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. In addition, the law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana ...

Outerbridge Horsey, the Delaware senator with an unusual first name, faced a dilemma. The question before the United States Senate would have far-reaching consequences; and Horsey could vote as the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Race and politics are certainly part of the news today. But these issues go back so far, they’ve been part of Missouri’s story since the beginning. The founding of the state and the ...