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The wilmot Proviso

  • The Wilmot Proviso

    The Wilmot Proviso
    in 1846, when Congressman David Wilmot of Pennsylvania had proposed a law, Known as the Wilmot Proviso, that would band slavery in any lands won from mexico. The Wilmot Proviso would reappear in every session of Congress for the next 15 years.