The Tallmadge Amendment never passed. It was proposed in 1819 when Missouri sought statehood. It was a compromise that would allow slavery but end it in a generation by freeing the children of slaves. The House agreed but the Senate did not agree.
A. the Thomas Amendment B. the Tallmadge Amendment C. the Louisiana Territory Amendment D. the Maine-Missouri Amendment
A. the Thomas Amendment B. the Tallmadge Amendment C. the Louisiana Territory Amendment D. the Maine-Missouri Amendment
Jefferson's agrarian republic was a threat to the Tallmadge amendment because the republic would use slaves to work the land. The Tallmadge amendment didn't allow slavery unless it was a punishment for a crime.
Congressman James Tallmadge, Jr., of New York
The Tallmadge Amendment requested that the territory known as Missouri become a part of the Union. It also demanded that there be no slavery in Missouri if it was admitted to the Union.
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The Tallmadge Amendment prohibited the further importation of slaves into Missouri after its admission as a state.
No. The Tallmadge Amendment (1819) would have prohibited new slaves and freed all slave children born in the new state at the age of 25.
Slaves could not be imported into Missouri after it became a state.
No. The Tallmadge Amendment (1819) would have prohibited new slaves and freed all slave children born in the new state at the age of 25.