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 ...

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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 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 ...

*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 ...

As the nation expanded westward, the dispute over slavery intensified. Citizens of Southern slave states clashed with Northern activists who were morally opposed to slavery. Would the new territories ...

On this day in 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, a measure aimed at keeping the number of slave-holding and free states equal. The deal brought Missouri into the Union as a ...