How did the Mississippi compromise deal with the issue of slavery

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How did the Mississippi compromise deal with the issue of slavery

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Jermaine · Answer 1

It required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states.

And it made the mississippi river the divding line between slave states and free states. it also prohibited slavery in most of the former louisiana territory except for missouri.