Missouri Applies for Statehood- 1819
In 1819, Missouri wanted to join the Union, although in the North, as a
slave state. In would make the balance of power in the Congress unequal.
Many Northerners were opposed to the idea. Northerners in Congress refused
to pass the bill. Northerners proposed that Missouri be slave and that no
more slaves were to be brought in and all slave children would be free at
the age of 25, so Missouri would become a Free State.
Southerners were opposed to the idea brought up by Northerners. The
Congress was in debate for many months. Henry Clay proposed that Maine
enter the Union as a Free State. Also, prohibiting slavery north of the
36030', the southern boundary of Missouri. The South agreed since
Plantations would not be able to thrive further North of that line. Many
concerned Americans thought that the slavery issue was resolved.
In 1828, A Tariff was passed to help try to protect New England
Manufactures. The tariff was as high as 45% to 50% of the original
European price. Opponents of the tariff called it the Tariff of
Abomination. Southerners were opposed to the tariff because they exported
cotton and other materials to Europe in exchange European goods were
imported to America. Southerners claimed it was an indirect tax on their
region of the United States. Southerners began to ask for states right.
South Carolina even went as far as to ask for the tariff taken off the
books or they would succeed. The tariff was lowered by Congress.
Abolitionism was around before the 1830's but, it became a more radical
during this time. Before 1830, Benjamin Lundy ran a anti-slavery
newspaper. In 1829, Lundy hired William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison went on
to publish his own newspaper the Liberator. Many people also favored a
Colonization movement. In which free slavers would move to Liberia, which
was founded in 1822 in Africa by former slaves. Paul ...