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2 days ago · In 1847, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania made a speech (excerpted below) to the House of Representatives in which he proposed a legislative amendment that would ban slavery from any territory acquired as a result of the war with Mexico.
In a February 1847 debate over the Proviso, Wilmot explained that he was not an abolitionist, and was not seeking to abolish slavery in the Southern states, but simply wanted to preserve the integrity of free territories that did not have slavery and did not want it:
On August 8, 1846, David Wilmot, PA Congressman, introduced legislation prohibiting slavery in the territories won in the Mexican-American War.
The Wilmot Proviso. While only a short episode in American politics, the Wilmot Proviso provides insight into anti-slavery positions among northerners and reopened debates about slavery in the territories which had lasting effects on the larger American political landscape. Representative David Wilmot Wikimedia Commons.
Jun 7, 2022 · In 1846, a Pennsylvania representative named David Wilmot proposed legislation intended to bar slavery’s expansion into the lands acquired after the Mexican-American War.
David Wilmot, Republican Party (American National Biography) Scholarship Helping to organize the initial national Republican meeting in Pittsburgh in February 1856, he chaired the platform committee of the Republican nominating convention in Philadelphia later that year.
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Wilmot had decided that the extension of slavery must be halted, and the President's request for funds to negotiate a peace treaty with Mexico provided an opportune moment to assert his principles.
