December 14, 1861:
Ohio County minister and convention delegate Gordon Battelle proposed that the new
state constitution provide for the gradual abolition of slavery rather than
the immediate abolition he had proposed on December 2, 1861. This version of
the proposal, known as the Battelle Resolutions, became the basis of the
Willey Amendment.
Location:
Wheeling, W.Va.
County:
Ohio County