The astonished reactions Tallmadge had so appropriately received were a result of his introduction of an amendment regarding slavery in Missouri, and how he supposed it should be properly handled. Within the amendment, Tallmadge proposed that slavery in Missouri should be used to “prohibit the further introduction of slaves into Missouri and to provide for the gradual emancipation of those born thereafter the admission of the state” ( ___2__ ). As the border states and Virginia in particular focused a whirlwind of attention onto the new territories, in hopes of auctioning off its “ dangerous surplus of slaves”, the amendment could not, realistically, last for an extended period of time. “Approved by the House but defeated by the Senate, it precipitated a controversy which became nationwide” ( __2___). Through the employment of a debate which viewed both sides of the discrepancy as brought about by Tallmadge’s proposed amendment, on the 16th of February in the year 1819, the House allowed the “Missouri bill” to pass, entailing with it the internal harborings of “slavery restrictions”, though it was only passed by
The astonished reactions Tallmadge had so appropriately received were a result of his introduction of an amendment regarding slavery in Missouri, and how he supposed it should be properly handled. Within the amendment, Tallmadge proposed that slavery in Missouri should be used to “prohibit the further introduction of slaves into Missouri and to provide for the gradual emancipation of those born thereafter the admission of the state” ( ___2__ ). As the border states and Virginia in particular focused a whirlwind of attention onto the new territories, in hopes of auctioning off its “ dangerous surplus of slaves”, the amendment could not, realistically, last for an extended period of time. “Approved by the House but defeated by the Senate, it precipitated a controversy which became nationwide” ( __2___). Through the employment of a debate which viewed both sides of the discrepancy as brought about by Tallmadge’s proposed amendment, on the 16th of February in the year 1819, the House allowed the “Missouri bill” to pass, entailing with it the internal harborings of “slavery restrictions”, though it was only passed by