Wilmot Proviso, 1846
Text of David Wilmot's amendment to President James K. Polk's appropriation bill.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/wilmot.htm
Wilmot Proviso, The
Describes the background and effect of the 1846 measure stipulating that slavery and involuntary servitude be barred from lands acquired from Mexico as a result of war.
dig.lib.niu.edu/message/ps-wilmotproviso.html
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