"The Slavery Question" and The Missouri Compromise
The Rise Of “The Slavery Question”
1819-61, growing conflict over slavery’s future
especially its spread west into new states
gradually rose to dominate national politics
sporadically at first
increasingly split US politics along sectional lines
anti-slavery north vs pro-slavery south
by 1860, eclipsed all other issues
The Missouri Compromise
1819, Missouri applied for statehood
Talmadge Amendment led to a crisis
proposed ban on future slave importations and gradual abolition
10,000+ slaves already lived there
passed House, but not Senate
southerners threaten disunion, even war
Compromise, 1820:
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Maine admitted as a free state
rest of Louisiana Purchase split on Missouri’s southern border
free states to the north
slave states to the south
peace restored, but preview of future conflicts
"The Slavery Question" and The Missouri Compromise
The Rise Of “The Slavery Question”
1819-61, growing conflict over slavery’s future
especially its spread west into new states
gradually rose to dominate national politics
sporadically at first
increasingly split US politics along sectional lines
anti-slavery north vs pro-slavery south
by 1860, eclipsed all other issues
The Missouri Compromise
1819, Missouri applied for statehood
Talmadge Amendment led to a crisis
proposed ban on future slave importations and gradual abolition
10,000+ slaves already lived there
passed House, but not Senate
southerners threaten disunion, even war
Compromise, 1820:
Missouri admitted as a slave state
Maine admitted as a free state
rest of Louisiana Purchase split on Missouri’s southern border
free states to the north
slave states to the south
peace restored, but preview of future conflicts