7. Slave States Slave States Free States Territories One issue, however, divided the regional and economic differences between North and South: slavery .
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15. 1820 Missouri Compromise 1819 – 11 free states and 11 slave states 1819 – Missouri requests to join the Union – Slave or Free?? Why does it matter? Senator Henry Clay proposed a compromise: Missouri would be a slave state and Maine would join the Union as a free state. Slavery was banned north of the 36/30 N except for Missouri