MeldrikMA to FacepalmEnglish · 4 months agoMom didn't go to schoolimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down124
arrow-up1599arrow-down1imageMom didn't go to schoolMeldrikMA to FacepalmEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 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.