The Missouri Compromise, whose engineers are thematically shown here, brought Maine statehood but defied hard-line abolitionists like Judge George Thacher of Maine, below. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
The Missouri Compromise, whose engineers are thematically shown here, brought Maine statehood but defied hard-line abolitionists like Judge George Thacher of Maine, below. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)