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Tallmadge Amendment
United States history
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association with Missouri Compromise
- In Missouri Compromise
The Tallmadge amendment prohibited the further introduction of slaves into Missouri and provided for emancipation of those already there when they reached age 25. The amendment passed the House of Representatives, controlled by the more-populous North, but failed in the Senate, which was equally divided between…
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