8h 22min, jan 8, 1846 y - Wilmot Proviso
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Congressman David Wilmot of PA
proposed slavery should be prohibited in Mexico territory
northerners supported, southerners opposed
broke party lines of democrat and whig
slavery opponents organized free soil party in 1848
- made van buran and charles adams presidents
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8h 22min, jan 8, 1846 y
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~ 178 years ago