representative of new york proposed an amendment to missouri's statehood bill that provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the state. multiple choice question.



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The representative of New York who proposed an amendment to Missouri's Statehood Bill that provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the state was James Tallmadge.

Missouri's Statehood Bill through which Missouri territory applied for statehood in 1818, many in the territory wanted to allow slavery in the new state. Missouri’s bid to become the first state to allow slavery within its border initiated a debate in Congress which was divided into anti and pro slavery stances. During the debated Rep James Tallmadge of New York proposed an amendment to the statehood bill that would have eventually ended the slavery in Missouri and set free the existing enslaved workers resident there. The amended bill was passed narrowly in House of Representation but amendment was strike out in the Congress. The house, therefore, did not pass the bill.

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