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Author Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Title Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850 / Andrew J. Torget.
Publisher Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Copyright date ©2015



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Note "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.
Contents Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire -- In the shadow of cotton -- The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence -- 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 -- 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.
ISBN 9781469624266 (electronic bk.)
1469624265 (electronic bk.)
9781469624259 (electronic bk.)
1469624257 (electronic bk.)
9781469624242
1469624249
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Author Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Subject 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.
Descript 1 online resource
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Note "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.
Contents Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire -- In the shadow of cotton -- The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence -- 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 -- 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.
ISBN 9781469624266 (electronic bk.)
1469624265 (electronic bk.)
9781469624259 (electronic bk.)
1469624257 (electronic bk.)
9781469624242
1469624249
Author Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Subject 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.

Subject 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.
Descript 1 online resource
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note "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.
Contents Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire -- In the shadow of cotton -- The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence -- 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 -- 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.
ISBN 9781469624266 (electronic bk.)
1469624265 (electronic bk.)
9781469624259 (electronic bk.)
1469624257 (electronic bk.)
9781469624242
1469624249

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