Crittenden Compromise

[ krit-n-duhn ]

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noun

, U.S. History.

a series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north of latitude 36°30′N.

Named after its proponent, John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), U.S. senator from Kentucky

It was a speech adverse to the Crittenden Compromise, and was a reply to Crittenden's final speech in support of it.

The dwellers in the small towns and on the farms were almost unanimously opposed to the Crittenden Compromise.

We were told that the Clark amendment defeated the Crittenden Compromise, and prevented a settlement of the controversy.

Such were the material features of the Crittenden Compromise.

This, upon a test vote of twenty-five to twenty-three, was substituted for the Crittenden Compromise.

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