Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015];©2015
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Part of the series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history;David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Notes:

• Short sections of chapters 2 and 3 appeared previously in Stephen F. Austin’s views on slavery in early Texas, in This corner of Canaan : essays on Texas in honor of Randolph B. Campbell, edited by Richard McCaslin, Donald Chipman, and Andrew J. Torget (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2013). –Publisher’s description.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index.
• Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire — Part I. In the shadow of cotton — The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence — Part II. Bringing Mississippi to Mexico — American migration to Mexico, 1821-1825 — The politics of slavery in northeastern Mexico, 1826-1829 — Cotton, slavery, and the secession of Texas, 1829-1836 — Part III. Cotton nation and slaveholders’ republic — Creating a cotton nation, 1836-1841 — The failure of the slaveholders’ republic, 1842-1845 — Epilogue. Migrations and transformations — Appendix 1. The Texas slavery project — Appendix 2. Cotton prices and trade.

Subjects:

• Cotton trade — Texas — History — 19th century.
• Cotton trade — Mexico — History — 19th century.
• Slavery — Texas — History — 19th century.
• Slavery — Mexico — History — 19th century.
• Texas — History — Revolution, 1835-1836.
• Texas — History — Republic, 1836-1846.
• Mexico — History — Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.
• Mexico — History — 19th century.
• Revolution (Texas : 1835-1836) fast (OCoLC)fst01354582
• Wars of Independence (Mexico : 1810-1821) fast (OCoLC)fst01355308
• Mexico. fast (OCoLC)fst01211700
• Texas. fast (OCoLC)fst01210336
• 1800 – 1899 fast
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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