The Wilmot Proviso, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War. (In August 8, 1846, the US had not yet conquered the territory.) It passed the House but failed in the Senate, where the South had greater proportion of representation. It was reintroduced in February 1847 and again passed the House and failed in the Senate. Slavery in those territories would finally be adjudicated in the Compromise of 1850.
David Wilmot, a congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846. It was a failed legislative attempt to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
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The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846, aimed to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. Despite never becoming law, it sparked intense debate over the expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories.
Introduced by David Wilmont, the wilmont proviso proposed to ban slavery in any territory gained from, or after the Mexican American War.
To keep slavery out of any lands obtained from Mexico
The aim of the Wilmot Proviso was to prohibit slavery in any territory gained from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. It was intended to prevent the expansion of slavery into these newly acquired territories.
The Wilmot Proviso proposal was to prevent the introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico
to keep slavery out of any lands obtained from mexico - apex :)))
It was proposed in 1846.
The Wilmot Proviso proposed banning all slavery from any territories that were acquired from Mexico, including south Texas and New Mexico. The bill passed the House of Representatives, but the southern majority in the Senate failed to pass it. An attempt to put the Wilmot Proviso in the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo also failed.
The US gained territory from the war, and the Wilmot Proviso proposed a way to settle the dispute over slavery in the territory.