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Wilmot Proviso (aug 8, 1846 – dec 1, 1847)

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A proposed law to outlaw slavery in the new territories, never passed. Was superseded by the concept of Popular Sovereignty, which allowed new states to have a referendum on whether to join the Union as a slave state or a free state.

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Antebellum America and Sectionalism

ByBrendan McGuire
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aug 8, 1846
dec 1, 1847
~ 1 years and 3 months

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