"Provided, that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." — David Wilmot, Wilmot Proviso, 1846
Compared with Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (1852), Wilmot's proposal differs most in that it
- A
Called on enslaved people to resist their masters violently
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Sought to contain slavery's spread rather than condemn slavery's existence
- C
Demanded immediate emancipation of all enslaved persons
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Relied on religious arguments rooted in the Second Great Awakening
Explanation
Wilmot, a free-soiler, opposed extension of slavery without challenging it where it existed; Douglass denounced slavery's existence and the nation's hypocrisy. The other choices misdescribe both texts.