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密苏里 (Missouri) 在1821年8月10日成为美国第24州
根据政治家亨利．克雷 (Henry
Clay) 的规划，在1820年通过的「密苏里协定」 (Missouri
Compromise of 1820) ，密苏里以蓄奴州的角色成为美国的一州，而缅因州则以自由州的状态并入联邦，这使得美国蓄奴与非蓄奴的州数目相等，各为12州。
在一次面谈中，约翰．史密斯 (John
F. Smith) 想起一个事件：有一群拥护废止蓄奴的游击队 (Jayhawker) 在1861年时跑到他的家里。其中一个游击队队员威胁要射杀他的父亲，因为他的父亲蓄奴。史密斯说道：
「… (然后) 我们听到一声枪响，所以我们看着外面的道路…那个人把他的枪丢在身旁，当麦尔司法官驾着马车来到时，他摇着头，眼中充满怒光…所有的游击队队员都转过身来，愤怒的情绪与神情溢于言表。」
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, designed by statesman Henry Clay, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, and Maine entered as a free state, thus keeping the number of slave and non-slave states equal at 12 each.
John F. Smith recalled in an interview an incident when Jayhawkers, a group opposed to slavery, came to his house in 1861. One of the Jayhawkers threatened to shoot his father, a Missouri slave owner.
". . . (then) we heard a shout and looked up the road . . . The man dropped his gun to his side, when Judge Myers rode up he was shaking his head and his eyes were blazing fire . . . All the Jayhawkers turned around and sulked off like whipped dogs."
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