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  2. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Brian Purnell, a professor of Africana Studies and US history at Bowdoin College, writes in Portland Magazine, "Martin Kinsley, Joshua Cushman, Ezekiel Whitman, Enoch Lincoln, and James Parker—wanted to prohibit slavery's spread into new territories. In 1820, they voted against the Missouri Compromise and against Maine's independence.

  3. Thomas Jefferson and slavery - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson said slavery was a complex issue and needed to be solved by the next generation. Jefferson wrote that the Missouri Compromise was a "fire bell in the night" and "the knell of the Union". Jefferson said that he feared the Union would dissolve, stating that the "Missouri question aroused and filled me with alarm."

  4. Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    In 1819, Jefferson strongly opposed a Missouri statehood application amendment that banned domestic slave importation and freed slaves at the age of 25 on grounds it would destroy the union. [381] In Notes on the State of Virginia , he created controversy by calling slavery a moral evil for which the nation would ultimately have to account to ...

  5. Constitution of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The first constitution was written by Constitutional Convention in 1820 in only 38 days, and was adopted on July 19, 1820. [2] [3] One of the results of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was initially admitted to the Union as a slave state, and the constitution specifically excluded "free negroes and mulattoes" from the state.

  6. Tallmadge Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The Tallmadge Amendment was a proposed amendment to a bill regarding the admission of the Territory of Missouri as a state, under which Missouri would be admitted as a free state. The amendment was submitted in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 13, 1819, by James Tallmadge Jr. , a Democratic-Republican from New York , and Charles ...

  7. Compromise of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    The compromise made possible the passage of the Residence Act and Funding Act of 1790 in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in American history, ranking just below the better known Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850." [1]

  8. Fact check: 'Greatest danger to American freedom' quote ... - AOL

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    Social media posts claiming that Thomas Jefferson said the "greatest danger to freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution" are false. Fact check: 'Greatest danger to American freedom ...

  9. John Holmes (Maine politician) - Wikipedia

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    In the letter, Jefferson thanks Holmes for a copy of this pamphlet. This pamphlet defends Holmes's position on supporting the Missouri Compromise—the admission of Maine as a free state with the admission of Missouri as a slave state, which was an unpopular position in Maine. Jefferson himself rejected the compromise: