USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Tallmadge Amendment propose? It was introduced by United States Senator John J. Crittenden (Constitutional Unionist of Kentucky) on December 18, 1860. This was approved by the House of Representatives, where the Northerners had a majority, but rejected by the Senate.

Detailed explanation-2: -On February 13, 1819, Representative James Tallmadge Jr., a first-term Republican from New York, offered a pair of antislavery amendments to a Missouri statehood bill that shaped the course of American history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tallmadge Amendment stated that no more slaves could be brought to Missouri and that all slaves that were currently there would have to be emancipated at a certain age. It was rejected by the Senate due to equal representation from the North and South.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Tallmadge Amendment was narrowly rejected, the balance between free and slave states was maintained in the Senate, and southerners did not have to fear that Missouri slaveholders would be deprived of their human property.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment to the statehood bill that would have eventually ended slavery in Missouri and set free the existing enslaved workers living there. The amended bill passed narrowly in the House of Representatives, where Northerners held a slight edge.