Manifest Destiny & Mexican-American War Photo: David Wilmot
David Wilmot, a senator who attempted to make slavery illegal in lands gained from Mexico (the Wilmot Proviso). Unknown artist, 1899, based on a painting by Marchant. Public domain.
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