congress debates the fate of the nation: analyzing...congress debates the fate of the nation:...
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CongressDebatestheFateoftheNation:AnalyzingTheWilmotProviso&PresidentPolk’s1848Map
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WilmotProvisoTranscript
“ProvidedthatasanexpressandfundamentalconditiontotheacquisitionofanyterritoryfromtheRepublicofMexico,bytheUnitedStates,byvirtueofanytreatywhichmaybenegotiatedbetweenthem,andtotheusebytheExecutiveofthemoniesthereinappropriated,neitherslaverynorinvoluntaryservitudeshall(illegibleword)existinanypartofsaidterritoryexceptforcrimewhereofthepartyshallbefirstdulyconvicted.”