...vigorous strife. A settlement was effected in the Missouri Compromise, arranged by Henry Clay, which provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave State, but that slavery should be prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of lat. 36° 30'. This occurred...

...Finally it was admitted in 1820, by means of a compromise, known as the Missouri Compromise, which provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave State, but that thereafter slavery should be permitted south of the line of 36° 30' only, and prohibited north of...

...long and angry debate, a bill known as the Missouri Compromise Bill was adopted in 1820. This bill provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state, but that there should be no slavery in any other portion of the Louisiana Purchase north of the parallel 36°...

...eloquence, succeeded in getting Congress to pass the famous The Missouri Compromise. This resolution provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state, but that no other slave state mise north of the line of 36 degrees 30 minutes should ever be admitted. Both sides...

...Mass. Spy, Feb. 4 : from the A7. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Missouri compromise. This arrangement (1820) provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state, but that slavery should not be allowed in any new state lying n. of 36° 30'. Mis-step. A slip ; a false step....

...Clay, who persuaded both sides to agree to what was called the Missouri Compromise. This pro-' vided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave State...the Louisiana Purchase lying north of the southern boundary line of Missouri. South of that line, the new States might have slaves if they chose. Florida....

...his eloquence, succeeded in getting Congress to pass the famous Missouri Compromise. This resolution provided that Missouri should be admitted as a slave state, but that no other slave state north of the The 297 line of 36 degrees 30 minutes should ever be admitted. Both...