new territories/states were prevented from banning slavery
John C. Calhoun's proposal was different from the Wilmot Proviso because Calhoun's proposal stated that neither congress nor any territorial government had the authority to ban slavery from a territory or regulate it in any way. The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to a funding bill that was created by President James K. Polk and was made to establish and fund peace negotiations with Mexico for a Treaty to end the Mexican American War.
The wilmot proviso
It had strong Northern support.
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He introduced it into legislation but was not its author. Jacob Brinkerhoff wrote the legislation.
It was added to legislation in 1846.
John C. Calhoun's proposal was different from the Wilmot Proviso because Calhoun's proposal stated that neither congress nor any territorial government had the authority to ban slavery from a territory or regulate it in any way. The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to a funding bill that was created by President James K. Polk and was made to establish and fund peace negotiations with Mexico for a Treaty to end the Mexican American War.
John C. Calhoun's proposal was different from the Wilmot Proviso because Calhoun's proposal stated that neither congress nor any territorial government had the authority to ban slavery from a territory or regulate it in any way. The Wilmot Proviso was an amendment to a funding bill that was created by President James K. Polk and was made to establish and fund peace negotiations with Mexico for a Treaty to end the Mexican American War.
The wilmot proviso
Congressman Wilmot of Pennsylvanis who introduced the bill.
Introduced by David Wilmont, the wilmont proviso proposed to ban slavery in any territory gained from, or after the Mexican American War.
It was first introduced in 1846.
It was written by Jacob Brinkerhoff of Ohio who was not called on by the Speaker of the House. Several Congressmen had a copy of the proposed legislation of what should be known in History as the Brinkerhoff Proviso.
No, it passed in the House but failed to receive Senate approval.
Jacob Brinkerhoff of Ohio was the author, but the Speaker of the House recognised Wilmot and so it bears his name.
wilmot proviso