Acts, Bills, and Laws
Wilmot Proviso
1846 - would have barred slavery in Mexican Territory
In 1846, during the Mexican War, the House of Representatives considered an appropriations bill designed to provide funds for negotiating with the Mexican government. Democrat David Wilmot of Pennsylvania introduced a rider to that measure, which barred slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico. The bill containing the Wilmot Proviso passed the House in 1846 and 1847; both times, however, it was defeated in the Senate. The position espoused in the proviso was the basic plank of the Free-Soil Party platform and would later become a fundamental position of the new Republican Party. Measures prohibiting the spread of slavery would be introduced repeatedly by Northern lawmakers in the coming years, thus sharpening tensions between the regions.
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The Wilmot Proviso would have prevented slavery's expansion into any of this new territory. The House of Representatives approved the appropriations bill and, as a result, the proviso on August 8, 1846, but the Senate adjourned beforWilmot Proviso would have prevented slavery's expansion into any of this new territory. The House of Representatives approved the appropriations bill and, as a result, the proviso on August 8, 1846, but the Senate adjourned before it could ...
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Wilmot Proviso
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