Wilmot Proviso
Sign in to saveProposed legislative provision that slavery would be forbidden in any territory acquired by the United States in the Mexican-American war; triggered US political crisis leading to Compromise of 1850
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- Named after
- David Wilmot
- Country
- United States
- Main subject
- slavery in the United States
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- Commons category
- Wilmot Proviso
- point in time
- 1846-00-00
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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