On the record
The hostility to slavery had grown chiefly out of the acquisition of Texas as a slave state.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The hostility to slavery had grown chiefly out of the acquisition of Texas as a slave state.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman discusses the growing opposition to slavery linked to the annexation of Texas, reflecting the political climate of the time.
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