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How did David Wilmot propose curbing the expansion of slavery?

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... when Polk requested funds to conduct peace negotiations with Mexico in 1846, Wilmot attached to the appropriations bill his famous proviso that slavery be absolutely prohibited in any territory acquired ...

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