In August 1814, Jefferson told his protege Edward Coles that he thought Coles was wrong to propose transporting his slaves to the Northwest Territories (present-day Ohio and nearby states) to emancipate them. By 1820, Jefferson denounced Northern meddling with Southern slavery policy. On April 22, Jefferson criticized the Missouri Compromise passed by the US Congress. The Missouri Compromise banned slavery "in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line". At the time of admission to the Union, Missouri permitted slavery while Maine banned slavery. In a letter to John Holmes, Jefferson claimed slavery was a complex issue and needed to be solved by the next generation. Jefferson wrote that the Missouri Compromise was a "fire bell in the night" and "the knell of the Union". On April 13, Jefferson wrote to William Short that he feared the Union would dissolve, stating that the "Missouri question aroused and filled me with alarm." In regard to whether the Union would remain for a long period of time Jefferson wrote, "I now doubt it much."[
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:00:01 +0000
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