First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as ... that fugitive slaves could be apprehended north of the compromise line and returned to their owners.

The compromise legislation was reached ... to Phase 1 of the project — the portion of the line that brings power from Kansas to mid-Missouri. “For over a year, we have been negotiating ...

Because most of the Western territories lay north of the dividing line legislated by the Missouri Compromise, they were already off limits to slavery. Southern representatives acted to preserve ...

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 kept an uneasy alliance for many years between the North and South. However, when California became a state further compromise had to be created. The Democrat ...