Was James K. Polk pro-slavery or antislavery?

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2026-05-02 05:45

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James K. Polk was not an abolitionist. He owned slaves and passed them down to his family when he died... he denied the Wilmot Proviso, although he wanted to continue the 36° 30' line west to the pacific so that slavery could not be established anywhere north of the line...

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