N the early 1800s, at the time the Missouri territory requested statehood,
there were more slave states than free states.
there were more free states than slave states.
there was an equal number of slave and free states.
there was no longer a division over slavery.

The correct answer is C.) there was an equal number of slave and free states.

Explanation:

I just did the test on edge and got it right.

answer; i believe that the correct answer is ; the eastern and western churches spoke different languages;

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.