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, 1820
Tag Archives: Missouri Compromise
Kansas and Nebraska Act. Resolutions of the legislature of Arkansas, approving the Kansas and Nebraska Act, and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Resolutions of legislature of Arkansas approving Kansas and Nebraska act, 1855
Missouri Compromise and Fugitive Slave Law. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, protesting against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and urging the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
Resolutions of legislature of Connecticut against repeal of Missouri Compromise and urging repeal of fugitive slave law, 1854
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, recommending the senators and representatives of that state in Congress to oppose the passage of any law tending to disturb the provisions of the act of March 6, 1820, commonly called the “Missouri Compromise Act,” in regard to slavery.
Resolutions of legislature of Rhode Island against passage of any law to disturb Missouri compromise act of March, 1820, against extension of slavery beyond 36 degrees 30 minutes of north latitude, 1854
Slavery, etc. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to slavery in the territories, and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Resolutions of legislature of New Hampshire on repeal of Missouri Compromise and slavery in Territories, 1856
No Slavery in Nebraska– No Slavery in the Nation– Slavery an Outlaw: Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill, in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 6, 1854
News article: Transcription of a speech given by Gerrit Smith on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Act, 1854