Delegates from nine Southern states meet in…

June 1850 CE

Delegates from nine Southern states meet in Nashville on June 3, 1850.

Robert Barnwell Rhett, a leader of the extremists, seeks support for secession, but moderates from both the Whig and the Democratic parties are in control.

On June 10, the convention adopts twenty-eight resolutions defending slavery and the right of all Americans to migrate to the Western territories.

The delegates are prepared to settle the question of slavery in the territories, however, by extending the Missouri Compromise line west to the Pacific.

Locations
Nashville Davidson Tennessee United States View →

Groups
Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → North Carolina, State of (U.S.A.) View → Georgia, State of (U.S.A.) View → South Carolina, State of (U.S.A.) View → Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Louisiana, State of (U.S.A.) View → Mississippi, State of (U.S.A.) View → Florida, State of (U.S.A.) View → Alabama, State of (U.S.A.) View →

Topics
Party System, Second (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View → Compromise of 1850 View →

Commodities
Slaves View →

Subjects
Government View → Custom and Law View → Movements View →

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