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** //  The Missouri Compromise   // ** ** //  The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the Pro-Slavery and the Anti-Slavery, involving the regulation of slavery in the western territories. That made slavery not allowed In the Louisiana Territory north of the of the proposed state of Missouri. So in the effect of the agreement The House of Representatives refused to accept this compromise and a conference committee was appointed. An amendment offered by James Tallmadge of New York, the amendment was named Tallmadge amendment, that the introduction of slaves in Missouri should be forbidden. Also that the children of the slaves born in the state after the admission should be free at the age of 25. During the following session 1819-1820, The House of Representatives passed a similar bill with an amendment introduced on January 26, 1820 by John W. Taylor of New York, allowing Missouri to know become a slave state. There was an in progress through The House of Representatives January 3, 1820 to admit Maine as a free state. // ** ** //   The Senate made a decision to put the two things together; it passed a bill for the admission of Maine with an amendment making the people of Missouri to make a state constitution. Before the bill was gave to The House of Representatives a second amendment was formed on motion from Jessie B. Thomas Illinois, not including slavery from the Missouri Territory (The southern border of Missouri). It passed a bill for the admission of Maine with an amendment making the people of Missouri able to form a state of constitution. // **