If slavery was not permitted in the Mexican cession, pro-slavery southerners ambitiously sought to expand their slave holding territories into Latin America. They created the Ostend Manifesto that called for the purchase and annexation of Cuba. If Spain refused to sell, they favored going to war with Spain.
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
The Wilmot Proviso
The Mexican War between the United States and Mexico began with a Mexican attack on American troops along the southern border of Texas on Apr. 25, 1846. By the clash between two patrolling armies called the Thornton Affair.
before January 1863
If slavery was not permitted in the Mexican cession, pro-slavery southerners ambitiously sought to expand their slave holding territories into Latin America. They created the Ostend Manifesto that called for the purchase and annexation of Cuba. If Spain refused to sell, they favored going to war with Spain.
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David Wilmot
David Wilmot
The document that said slavery was not permitted in any area won from Mexico was known as the Wilmot Proviso.
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
threatened to split national politics along the North-South lines.
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The Free-Soiler party opposed the expansion of slavery into territories gained by the Mexican Cession.
All provoked increased debate over slavery