The testimony taken by the committee clearly showed that before the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise was introduced into Congress, the people of western Missouri were indifferent to the prohibition of slavery in the territory, and neither asked nor desired its repeal.
Sherman presents evidence showing that western Missouri residents were indifferent to the slavery prohibition before Congress acted.
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