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The Wilmot Proviso proposed banning all slavery from any territories that were acquired from Mexico, including south Texas and New Mexico. The bill passed the House of Representatives, but the southern majority in the Senate failed to pass it. An attempt to put the Wilmot Proviso in the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo also failed.
The Wilmot Proviso was designed to outlaw slavery in territories acquired from the War of Mexico. One of the effects was a political party that became dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery.
The document that said slavery was not permitted in any area won from Mexico was known as the Wilmot Proviso.
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.
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