NASHVILLE CONVENTION
\nˈaʃvɪl kənvˈɛnʃən], \nˈaʃvɪl kənvˈɛnʃən], \n_ˈa_ʃ_v_ɪ_l k_ə_n_v_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
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a convention of delegates from the Southern States at Nashville, TN., June, 1850, suggested by the Mississippi State Convention of the previous year. The convention was called to consider the slavery question and the encroachments of Northern abolitionists. It did not meet with universal approval. The Wilmot proviso and the Missouri Compromise were disapproved of, but resolutions of open resistance advanced by Texas, South Carolina and Mississippi were voted down. The convention met again in November, and again moderate resolutions were adopted.
By John Franklin Jameson
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