Question

In 1846, David Wilmot, a Democratic representative from Pennsylvania, sought to ban slavery in the newly acquired territories for which of the following reasons?

a. Because the presence of slaves as free labor depressed wages for white workers
b. Because he was a Quaker and morally opposed to slavery
c. Because he hoped to use the issue as his main campaign promise when he ran for President Because his mother was a freed slave

Answer 1

a. Because the presence of slaves as free labor depressed wages for white workers

Step-by-step explanation:

David Wilmot was a united states senator and a judge of the Court of Claims.In 1846 he sought to ban the slavery because of the presence of slaves who could work as free labor and they provide lower wages to the white workers. Though it was a failed attempt to ban slavery but he tried and later the slavery was banned by Abraham Lincoln.