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The first great controversy that grew out of slavery was whether Missouri should be admitted into the Union as a slave state, and whether slavery should exist in the western territories.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The first great controversy that grew out of slavery was whether Missouri should be admitted into the Union as a slave…”
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Sherman discusses the contentious debate over Missouri's admission as a slave state and its implications for western territories.
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