The Only Use of
Missouri Compromise
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Cousin Ike would say, "the Missouri Compromise was what licked us..."
p. 87.5Missouri Compromise = agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States
Definition:
an agreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States which, among other things, admitted Missouri as a slave state and Main as free state to maintain the balance of free and slave states