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Abraham Lincoln did want to extend the Missouri Compromise. He wanted it so freed slaves could spread out.
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 and was a set of agreements between those who were against slavery and those who were for it. It forbade slavery north of the 36th parallel, except where designated in Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise itself (1820). Also the very last compromise attempted before the outbreak of war (Crittenden) proposed that the Missouri Line could be re-established and extended all the way to the Pacific. It was this compromise that Lincoln rejected, because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
why was the Missouri compromise written?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.