Representative James Tallmadge even tried to propose an amendment which would essentially end slavery, during the time the Missouri request but the effort was defeated. The debate whether Missouri should be a slave or free state occurred for over a year. Northerners argued that Congress than had the power to prohibit slavery while the Southerners said they should have the freedom to choose whether the state should be slave or not. Though after a lot of debate they were soon able to come up with a compromise. The first part of the compromise was Missouri was admitted as a slave state while Maine was a free state. Than the second part of the compromise was with the exception of Missouri slavery would be forbidden from the Louisiana territory to the north latitude of
Representative James Tallmadge even tried to propose an amendment which would essentially end slavery, during the time the Missouri request but the effort was defeated. The debate whether Missouri should be a slave or free state occurred for over a year. Northerners argued that Congress than had the power to prohibit slavery while the Southerners said they should have the freedom to choose whether the state should be slave or not. Though after a lot of debate they were soon able to come up with a compromise. The first part of the compromise was Missouri was admitted as a slave state while Maine was a free state. Than the second part of the compromise was with the exception of Missouri slavery would be forbidden from the Louisiana territory to the north latitude of