Wilmot Proviso in the United States

Wilmot Proviso (1846)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 390 WILMOT PROVISO (1846) The proviso was introduced by Congressman David Wilmot (Democrat, Pennsylvania) as an amendment to a $2,000,000 appropriations bill requested by President james k. polk to finance the Mexican War. The proviso prohibited slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, thus
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Introduction to WILMOT PROVISO: (1846)

In the context of the legal history: A bill was passed that provided $2 million for President Polk to settle the boundary dispute with Mexico. Wilmot added an amendment to the bill stating that any land acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War should be free of slavery.

Wilmot Proviso in the U.S. Legal History

Summary

An amendment to an 1846 appropriations bill that would have forbade slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico. The amendment passed the House twice but was defeated in the Senate.

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