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In an attempt to keep a legislative balance between the pro- and anti- slavery factions, the Missouri Compromise delineated which states would be free and which would not. African Americans obviously opposed slavery and news of some congressional opposition to its expansion circulated widely within slave communities.

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The Missouri Compromise [ushistory]

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To admit Missouri as a slave state would tip the balance in the Senate, which is made up of two senators per state, in favor of the slave states. That made northern states want Maine admitted as a free state