... controlled infinite control over slavery seemed intended to assist slavery's misbehavior of its traditional limits. Many Northerners understood that these opinions cancelled the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which to them was a holy idol. Set slaveholders' obsession for state dominance, Representative Daniel Pope Cook of Illinois disbelieved whether they would upkeep the prohibition of slavery north of the recommended Missouri Compromise line. "Are we all to ... . Print. Forbes, Robert Pierce. The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America. Chapel Hill, NC: ...

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