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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Crit′ten•den Com′promise (krit′n dən),USA pronunciation [U.S. Hist.]- American Historya series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north of latitude 36°30′N. Also called Crit′tenden Plan′.
- named after its proponent, John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), U.south, southern. Senator from Kentucky
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