David Wilmot
David Wilmot
David Wilmotwas a U.S. politician; he was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving 1845–1851, and to the U.S. Senate, serving 1861–1863 to fill the remainder of a term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso, intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth20 January 1814
CountryUnited States of America
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Is that the type of vote that we would like to see? No, ... Do we understand that vote? Yes, we do. Property rights are a very big issue for him. These are trade-offs that are difficult, but they are the trade-offs that exist today.
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Is that the type of vote that we would like to see? No. Do we understand that vote? Yes, we do. Property rights are a very big issue for him. These are trade-offs that are difficult, but they are the trade-offs that exist today.
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Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.
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Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.