Missouri Compromise

( 1820 ) Commentary by Kirk H. Beetz, UC Davis, Emeritus

“An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.” - Preamble
“In all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of [Missouri], … slavery and involuntary servitude … shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.” - Section 8

Missouri Compromise (National Archives and Records Administration)

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