they feared Texas would become another slave state
Yes, Texas was a slave state.
the compromise of 1850
Texas was a slave holding Republic and would become a slave holding state.
No, Texas did not become a free state as a result of the Mexican-American War. Texas was annexed to the United States in 1845 and was admitted as a slave state. The war, which lasted from 1846 to 1848, resulted in significant territorial gains for the U.S., but it did not change Texas's status as a slave state.
Yes, Texas as a Republc, as a US State, and as a Confederate state was a slave state. Mexico had abolished slavery in 1826 and if a Texas slave could make it across the river they were free to become colonists in Mexico.
slave states
no it was slave free
It was delayed because the issue of Slavery and to balance whether it should be a free or slave state.
why did president Tyler want to annex Texas
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.
yes!