Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?

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Sep 23, 2017

Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.

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According to Answers.com, the Southern whites were scared that the Missouri Compromise would result in a slave revolt.

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