The American Civil War.
Yes, Texas was a slave state.
Texas was a slave state and not a free state. Quoting Wikipedia - "A slave state, Texas declared its secession from the United States in early 1861, joining the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War."
New Jersey was a slave state until 1804 when it became a free state.
Texas did enter the Union as a slave state. This is why it took so long between the time the Union told Texas they could become a state and the time Texas actually became a state. The debate went on about this in Congress for four years.
slave states
no it was slave free
they feared Texas would become another slave state
It was delayed because the issue of Slavery and to balance whether it should be a free or slave state.
alabama, which became a state in 1819, was admitted into the union as a slave state.
Texas became a state in 1836.
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Missouri wanted to be a slave state so to the balance of the states Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state