On March 6th, 1820 President James Monroe ratified the Missouri Compromise, effectively allowing Missouri into the Union as a slave state, and admitting Maine as a free state. The Missouri Compromise also served to bar slavery both North and West of Missouri. The belief was that the Compromise could calm the factions of pro-slavery and [...]
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A Conflicting Compromise
Posted in Early nineteenth century (1810-1850), tagged abolitionist, missouri compromise, monroe, slavery on March 6 | Leave a Comment »
“God and Texas! Victory or Death!”
Posted in Early nineteenth century (1810-1850), tagged Alamo, Texas on March 6 | 2 Comments »
I was going to take a day off from blogging, but after living in Texas for four years (Pony Up, y’all!), I can’t not remember the Alamo. It was on March 6, 1836, that the final assault took place – just days after Texas declared its independence from Mexico - and 189 defenders were overrun and [...]
