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It wrested from Mexico the Province of Texas, in order to extend Slavery, and, triumphing over all opposition, finally secured its admission into the Union with a Constitution making Slavery perpetual.
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Sumner argues that the U.S. expansion into Texas was driven by the desire to extend slavery.
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