"As an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico…neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." This is from the

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This is from the Wilmot Proviso, which was a proposed amendment to a military appropriations bill in 1846, suggesting that any territory acquired from Mexico should be free from slavery.

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