In 1820, the Missouri Compromise added Maine to the union as a free state.
The other free states were Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont,
slave states was where there was African American/black people who had to work for people because people thought differently then.free states is were where any man or woman who was black didnt have to be a slave because they were free like we are now and they didnt have to work for anybody if they didnt want to like it should be
The states that were slave states in 1821 included Mississippi, Alabama and Missouri. Three other states became slave states years later which was Arkansas, Florida and Texas.
Missouri Compromise
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri (slave) and Maine, as a seceded part of Massachusetts (free)
The Missouri Compromise (1820) settled on the parallel 36 degrees 30 minutes. North of that line, there could be no new slave-states.
That would be 4 Between 1820 and 1850, eight states were added to the Union: Maine (1820), Missouri (1821), Arkansas (1836), Michigan (1837), Florida (1845), Texas (1845), Iowa (1846), and Wisconsin (1848). Maine, Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin were free states, while Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, and Texas were slave states. This maintained the balance between free and slave states.
1820
there were 12 free states and 12 slave states.
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Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
1820
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine and Missouri
Missouri Compromise
missouri comprimise
Missouri, Arkansas, Flordia, and Texas
Missouri (slave) and Maine, as a seceded part of Massachusetts (free)