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Siteseen: American Historama: Wilmot Proviso

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The Wilmot Proviso, proposed by David Wilmot, was an amendment to the James Polk appropriations bill to gain funding for the settlement of the Mexican-American War. It stated that slavery should be banned in the territories acquired from Mexico, including California.

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