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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was both a negotiated political and legal solution. The US was already divided over the issue of slavery. Congress admitted Missouri to be part of the US as a state with legal slavery . At the same time, it admitted Maine as a free state. It was a very delicate act of balance. The congressional law also banned slavery in the remaining territories of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36º 30’ parallel.
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