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minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe top chunk missing from Texas shows pretty decisively how important that “right” was to them.
minus-squarepythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI guess I’m unfamiliar with this story.
minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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.
The top chunk missing from Texas shows pretty decisively how important that “right” was to them.
I guess I’m unfamiliar with this story.
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.