What was the Proviso proposed by Congressman Wilmot?
The Wilmot Proviso was a tentative proposed in the House of Representative by Congressman Wilmot which stated that every territory acquired during the war with Mexico would have been free from slavery. Voted in 1846, 1847 and 1848, failed all the times to pass through the Senate, where the southern presence were stronger.
Tags: politics, Proviso, slavery, Wilmot
Quelle: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmot_Proviso
Quelle: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmot_Proviso
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Autor: CoboCards-User
Oberthema: History, US
Thema: American Civil War
Veröffentlicht: 04.03.2015
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