Summary

Conference committee report on the Missouri Compromise (1820)

And be it further enacted, that in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty five degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, Slavery and involuntary servitude otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
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