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The repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused the combative feeling of the north until it became general among all parties and sects.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused the combative feeling of the north until it became general among all…”
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Sherman describes how the repeal of the Missouri Compromise intensified Northern resistance to slavery.
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