Sunday, November 3, 2013

The Missouri Compromise


The Missouri territory had a part of the Louisiana Purchase excluding the Arkansas territory. There were many ways as to how they found a way to moves slaves around from territory to territory. In 1819 the House of Rep. approved a legislation allowing the Missouri territory to move the state constitution. It had came to the point where James Tallmadge, congressman, did no longer allow any more slaves into Missouri. The House of Representative did pass the Tallmadge Amendment that allowed a voting event. The voting was rejected due to the North overpowering the South. Slavery continued with no objections until Jesse Thomas came along and was able to end somewhat part of the controversy. He decided to prolong the Missouri compromise by setting an amendment to exclude slavery from the Louisiana Purchase north of 36 degrees 30’, which means Missouri’s southern borders. With the amendment it did break apart Missouri.






It was now only slavery in part of Missouri. They named the new division New State of Missouri that still participated in slavery along side Arkansas territory. Although slavery was overpowering freedom the pro-slavery faction seem to put more tension in an unsettling situation. Missouri’s convention inserted in a proviso excluding free blacks. There were free blacks as citizens in states such as North Carolina. What stirred up next was a more so a confession to admit Missouri as a state.

Henry Clay former lawyer born in Virginia was part of the Senate in the House of Representatives. He created the second Missouri Compromise, which depended on the Missouri legislature would not be able to deny free blacks to their constitutional rights.  It had seemed to settle the population more then it had been for a while. The compromise seemed to fit them well, so well the legislature considered and adopted a pledge. A pledge that did not mix legislation with the people of state and not involving people with state decisions. August 10, 1821 President Monroe announced that Missouri would be known as the 24th state. The compromise the first time seemed not to be enough for the people to settle with. Some wanted slavery some did not. Some wanted to rule with the free states others agreed more with the slave states. Henry Clay must have made quite a difference if the so-called second compromise seemed to work for the people.

1 comment:

  1. Pretty good job overall. In the first blog post, there are a few mistakes that could be easily corrected (spelling, etc.). In the second post, you might could express ideas a bit more clearly. The main points, though, are well presented. With any submission, include some citation for both textual and visual material. It will help the reader know where the material came from, as well as allowing them to explore more fully and in depth if they would like to.

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