MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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legislation that outlawed slavery west of the Mississippi River
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line that outlawed slavery north of the 36’30
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conflict with Mexico over annexing Texas
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law proposed that would have outlawed slavery in the Mexican Cession
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 didn’t pass with Polk’s appropriations bill, it still left a lasting legacy. The proposed amendment’s purpose was simple and straightforward: slavery and involuntary servitude would be banned forever in all territories acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War.
Detailed explanation-2: -neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.” This provision that slavery be excluded from the Mexican Cession became known as the Wilmot Proviso.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Wilmot Proviso was issued on August 8th, 1846 by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman David Wilmot. It prohibited the expansion of slavery into any territory acquired by the United States from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War settlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War.
Detailed explanation-5: -On August 8, 1846, Wilmot introduced legislation in the House that boldly declared, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist” in lands won in the Mexican-American War.