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Who introduced a proposal to keep slavery out of the Mexican Cession?
David wilmot
Where did David Wilmot of Pennsylvania submitted a proposal to Congress that would have outlawed slavery?
David Wilmot submitted an amendment to a bill in the House of Representatives in 1846. The Wilmot Proviso would have outlawed slavery only in the territories gained in the war with Mexico. It passed, but the Senate adjourned without voting on it. He tried again in 1847 and again it passed, but the Senate then passed their own version of the bill without the amendment. It never became law.
Why did the South perceive the Wilmot Proviso as such a threat?
Because the Wilmot Proviso sought to halt the extension of slavery in the western territories
What role did David Wilmot play in the conflict over slavery in the US?
David Wilmot was a congress man from Pennsylvania and a man opposed to slavery. He saw that having Texas and other lands previously owned by Mexico were territories that could expand slavery. Wilmot created the Wilmot Proviso to halt the extension of slavery. His Proviso was simple and direct. It read as follows:"Provided: That as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of all the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the said territory, except for crime, whereof the party must first be convicted". The House of Representatives passed the Proviso many times however, it never passed in the US Senate.
How Wilmot Proviso lead to conflict?
The Wilmot Proviso lead to conflict because it specifically says that no slavery is allowed in any parts of Mexico.
