Meldrik@lemmy.wtfM to Facepalm@lemmy.wtfEnglish · 5 months agoMom didn't go to schoollemmy.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down124
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minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoSlavery was prohibited north of 36°30′ latitude by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. So Texas just gave the land north of that to Oklahoma to keep slavery legal.
Slavery was prohibited north of 36°30′ latitude by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. So Texas just gave the land north of that to Oklahoma to keep slavery legal.