Slavery at the Crossroads: Understanding the Missouri Compromise
Words: 487 1958Picture this: It's 1820, and America's like a pot close to boiling over. The big stir? Whether Missouri should join the party as a slave state or a free one. This wasn't just some political squabble; it was a full-blown crisis threatening to upend the delicate balance between the North and South. Enter the Missouri Compromise, a deal that was less about finding perfect harmony and more about keeping the peace, however shaky that might be. The whole drama around […]