It was the treaty line in the Missouri Compromise. It determined the status of slavery in the unorganized Louisiana Territory. All land above it was free and all land below it was slave.
Yes, it was agreed that all states admitted after the Missouri Compromise was signed above 36 30 line would be free.
36 degrees north and 30'
Missouri Compromise
Slavery was prohibited in land north of the 36-30 parallel
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
To separate slave and free states
The Missouri Compromise (1820) settled on the parallel 36 degrees 30 minutes. North of that line, there could be no new slave-states.
To separate slave and free states
the ocean IMPROVEMENT The parallel 36° 30'
That latitude defines portions of the northern border of the Texas panhandle, part of the Arkansas/Missouri state line, and part of the Tennessee/Kentucky state line.
The slope of any line parallel to the line described is -5. Solution: 45x+9y=36. Solve for y. 9y=36-45x. y= -5x+4 m=-5
Yes, it was agreed that all states admitted after the Missouri Compromise was signed above 36 30 line would be free.
Mason dixon line
36 degrees north and 30'
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Slavery was prohibited in land north of the 36-30 parallel