▲ 599 ▼ Mom didn't go to school (lemmy.wtf) submitted 2 years ago by meldrik@lemmy.wtf [M] to c/facepalm@lemmy.wtf 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I guess I'm unfamiliar with this story. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago The Compromise of 1850 said that no state above 36° latitude could be a slave state. At the time Texas extended all the way to modern day Wyoming. In order to remain a slave state they gave up all the land north of that. This is why Oklahoma has a narrow panhandle now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Schmeckinger@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago The Compromise of 1850 said that no state above 36° latitude could be a slave state. At the time Texas extended all the way to modern day Wyoming. In order to remain a slave state they gave up all the land north of that. This is why Oklahoma has a narrow panhandle now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schmeckinger@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
