What is Wilmot Proviso?
{{Events leading to American Civil War}} The '''Wilmot Proviso''' was a suggested American law to outlaw [[slavery]] in territory acquired from [[Mexico]] in the [[Mexican–American War]]. The conflict over the Wilmot proviso was one of the main events leading to the [[American Civil War]]. <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=z4x4xEZZ_xsC Lone Star: A History Of Texas And The Texans]{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Slavery in the United States]] [[Category:Origins of the American Civil War]]