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In order for a new slave state to be admitted, there needs to a free state to keep the balance, so Maine was admitted as swell. Fugitive Slave Laws also came about to tend to the southern slave masters.

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More Textual Evidence from "Historical Context"

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More Textual Evidence from "Historical Context"

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"The furor had begun when
Missouri requested to enter the union as a slave
state. In order to maintain a balance between free
and slave states in the union, Missouri was
admitted as a slave state while Maine entered as
a free one...The federal government's passage of Fugitive Slave Laws was also a compromise to appease southern
slaveholders" (Historical Context).

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The serious issue with slavery was always a serious threat to the country breaking apart. This threat was even present during the 1787 Constitutional Convention where representatives aimed to keep the Union together.

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Textual Evidence from "Historical Context"

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Textual Evidence from "Historical Context"

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"The issue of slavery threatened to divide the
nation as early as the Constitutional Convention
of 1787, and throughout the years a series of
concessions were made on both sides in an effort
to keep the union together" (Historical Context 1).

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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was held in effort to the keep the Union together. Some concessions made were the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which let Missouri in as a slave state, but also let in Maine as a free state for balance. Another one was Fugitive Slave Laws which were made to keep slave masters content.