It aimed to resolve the secession crisis of 1860–1861 that eventually led to the American Civil War by addressing the fears and grievances of Southern pro-slavery factions, and by quashing anti-slavery activities.

2009年12月2日 · The Crittenden Compromise, proposed by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden in 1860, aimed to stave off secession by making slavery permanent in the South.

The 1820 compromise sanctioned the continuation of slavery in the South, he admitted, but it also preserved the Union. Today, such a compromise over slavery seems unforgivable, but during Crittenden’s lifetime the legality of slavery was still debated. For decades, contentious battles over this issue had been mitigated by legislative compromise.

Crittenden Compromise, (1860–61), in U.S. history, series of measures intended to forestall the American Civil War, futilely proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky in December 1860.

2019年7月20日 · The Crittenden Compromise was an attempt to prevent the outbreak of the Civil War during the period when pro-slavery states were beginning to secede from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln.

2024年1月12日 · Proposed by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden on December 18, 1860, the Crittenden Compromise, also known as the Crittenden Plan, was an unsuccessful eleventh-hour attempt to save the Union and to avoid the American Civil War, but the agreement was never adopted by the Senate.

With the threat of Civil War looming on the horizon, Senator John J. Crittenden introduced legislation that would reinstate the Missouri Compromise line, forbid the abolition of slavery on federal land in slaveholding states, compensate owners for runaway slaves, and other amendments to support the institution of slavery.

2021年12月6日 · The Crittenden Compromise was the creation of John J. Crittenden, a 74-year-old slaveholder and Democratic senator from Kentucky, who emerged with a compromise that he claimed would end...

2018年6月11日 · The Kentucky senator John J. Crittenden presented his compromise in the U.S. Senate on 18 December 1860 as a comprehensive package of six unchangeable constitutional amendments and four congressional resolutions.

2013年9月4日 · In all the territory of the United States now held, or hereafter acquired, situate north of 36 degrees 30 min, slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, is prohibited while such territory shall remain under territorial government.