they thought it was unfair
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Slavery would not be allowed in any territory acqired from the Republic of Mexico.
They were mad about it.
blacks recruited
Anaconda Plan.
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso. This is because the Wilmot Proviso established peace with Mexico, and the land that Mexico owned was in the South.
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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.
Southerners.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
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It declared that there should be no slavery allowed in any of the new territories acquired from Mexico.
The proviso would limit the spread of slavery- NoVaNeT :]
the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and the south
Slavery would not be allowed in any territory acqired from the Republic of Mexico.
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.