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David Wilmot was a congress man from Pennsylvania and a man opposed to slavery. He saw that having Texas and other lands previously owned by Mexico were territories that could expand slavery. Wilmot created the Wilmot Proviso to halt the extension of slavery. His Proviso was simple and direct. It read as follows:"Provided: That as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of all the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the said territory, except for crime, whereof the party must first be convicted". The House of Representatives passed the Proviso many times however, it never passed in the US Senate.
James K. Polk was not an abolitionist. He owned slaves and passed them down to his family when he died... he denied the Wilmot Proviso, although he wanted to continue the 36° 30' line west to the pacific so that slavery could not be established anywhere north of the line...
It polarised opinion by declaring that there could be no slavery in any new state or territory. This removed any hope of compromise, and it was the sticking-point in Lincoln's last-minute attempt to avoid a conflict.
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Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot was a congress man from Pennsylvania and a man opposed to slavery. He saw that having Texas and other lands previously owned by Mexico were territories that could expand slavery. Wilmot created the Wilmot Proviso to halt the extension of slavery. His Proviso was simple and direct. It read as follows:"Provided: That as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of all the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the said territory, except for crime, whereof the party must first be convicted". The House of Representatives passed the Proviso many times however, it never passed in the US Senate.
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso because it sought to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico, which threatened the balance of power between slave and free states in the U.S. They believed it went against their rights to bring slaves into new territories and feared it could lead to the restriction of slavery in existing states.
slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico
It passed in the House but failed in the Senate.
It did that. The issue could not be ducked by a Congressman. All had to vote in favor of, or opposed to slavery.
Wilmot Proviso caused the conflict between the North and South which later lead to the American Civil War. He made a proposal at Congress which was an extreme Abolitionist stance and polarised the two fractions.
No in proviso west you could wear what you want
It was meant to be neutral - allowing the people of each new state to vote whether it should be slave or free. In fact, it was viewed as favouring the South, because it could allow the creation of new slave-states, which had become much more difficult since the issuing of the Wilmot Proviso.
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James K. Polk was not an abolitionist. He owned slaves and passed them down to his family when he died... he denied the Wilmot Proviso, although he wanted to continue the 36° 30' line west to the pacific so that slavery could not be established anywhere north of the line...