David Wilmot, a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846 which stated that slavery would not be allowed in any territory acquired from Mexico.
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.
Ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, and possibly disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico.
New Mexico is a state and no territory was gained from them.
David Wilmot, a Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846, which aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. The proviso was ultimately not passed by Congress, but it sparked intense debates over the expansion of slavery in the United States.
The Wilmot Proviso proposal was to prevent the introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico
The Wilmot Proviso was proposed in 1846 with the goal of prohibiting slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. It was intended to address the growing debate over the extension of slavery into new territories and to prevent its spread.
The bill that unsuccessfully attempted to ban slavery in Mexico was The Wilmot Proviso.
That all the territory acquired by the USA from Mexico should be free soil.
David Wilmot
The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.
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.