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The enactment of the Wilmot Proviso?

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It never became law.

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What did the wilmot proviso do?
Ban slavery in land obtained from mexico
What did wilmot proviso do?
Wilmot Provisio tried to end slavery in the Mexico section
Why did Wilmot write the Wilmot Proviso?
He was a Free Soiler and felt that in time slavery would be ended on economic grounds. He did not seek the abolition of slavery, only the containment of the practice.For the record however it was...
When was the Wilmot Proviso?
In 1846.
How did the North feel about the Wilmot Proviso?
They generally favored it.