Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
CANADA
Washington
Territory
1853
Lake
Superior
Nebraska
Territory
Minnesota
Territory
1849
WI
1848
IA
1846
CA
1850
Utah
Territory
Kansas Territory
Public
Land
PACIFIC
OCEAN
IL
1818
New Mexico
Territory
3 6 ˚ 3 0'
Free states and territories
Lake Michigan
Oregon
Territory
1848
NH
1783
VT
1774
MI
1837
Lake
Huron
ke
La
MO
Indian Territory
(Unorganized)
RI
1774
CT
1784
VA
NJ
1804
DE
MD
NC
SC
AR
AL
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
GA
LA
FL
N
Gulf of Mexico
Slave or free to be decided by popular sovereignty,
Compromise of 1850
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NY
1799
KY
MS
TX
MA
1781
PA
1780
TN
Slave or free to be determined by popular sovereignty,
under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Missouri Compromise Line, 1820
ie
Er
OH
1803
IN
1816
Slave states
1850 Date of slave emancipation
Lake
Ontario
ME
1820
MEXICO
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300 miles
300 km