- African American Journey: Missouri Compromise
Plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle the debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area.
www2.worldbook.com/features/aajourney/html/bh041.html
- Africans in America: Missouri Compromise
Includes the complete text and a discussion of the law's effects.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h511.html
- Infoplease: Missouri Compromise
Briefly describes the series of measures passed by Congress in 1820 and 1821 which allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE034724.html
- OurDocuments.gov: Missouri Compromise (1820)
Features images, transcript, and explanation of the original conference committee's report on the Compromise. From the National Archives.
www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=document&doc=22
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