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Old 08-07-2019, 06:03 PM   #1488
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Originally Posted by NobodyHere View Post
The Senate was literally put in place to appease slave holding states?

So why wasn't Virginia in favor of it?

They had the largest population and would have had immense control of the House.

If the Senate had nothing to do with protecting slavery, why was the Missouri Compromise necessary?
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