to gain political power in both congressional houses for the free states. Wilmont proviso bans slavery of any type in the Mexican cession territories. Those will then be divided up into free states than when entered into the union will give the free states more senators and more reps.
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Introduced by David Wilmont, the wilmont proviso proposed to ban slavery in any territory gained from, or after the Mexican American War.
they thought it was unfair
It declared that there should be no slavery allowed in any of the new territories acquired from Mexico.
Slavery would not be allowed in any territory acqired from the Republic of 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 declared that none of the newly-acquired Mexican territories should become slave-states. The Abolitionists strongly supported this belief, and it drove the two sides further apart.
Slaveholders opposed the Wilmot Proviso because it aimed to prohibit slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War. They feared it would limit the expansion of slavery into new territories and potentially undermine the balance of power between free and slave states in Congress.
to keep slavery out of any lands obtained from mexico - apex :)))
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.
Because it would have forbidden any extension of slavery, and as new states opened up in the West, the slave-states would have been increasingly out-voted when passing new laws in Congress.
Wilmont Perry was born on 1975-02-25.