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Missouri Compromise
The
Missouri Compromise
was a United States federal statute devised by
Henry Clay
. It regulated
slavery
in the country's
western territories
by prohibiting the practice in the former
Louisiana Territory
north of the
parallel 36°30' north
, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of
Missouri
. The compromise was agreed to by both the
pro-slavery
and
anti-slavery
factions in the
United States Congress
and passed as a law in 1820, under the presidency of
James Monroe
.
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