10 h 41 m, 8 agos 1846 año - Wilmot Proviso

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As newly acquired states from the Mexican-American war became flooding in, President Polk sought a solution. David Wilmot, a democratic representative in Pennsylvania, proposed a request of $2 million to negotiate peace and settle the boundary dispute. It stated that slavery would be banned in the states acquired from the war.

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