Many Americans were moving into Texas, when it was still part of Mexico, and not following laws. People are robbing the territory (Doc. D, paragraph 3). Americans brought slaves to Mexico even though slaves were illegal (Doc. D, paragraph 3). “Mexico, on achieving her independence of the Spanish Crown… decreed the abolition of human slavery within her dominions, embracing the province of Texas…” (Doc. D, paragraph 1). So, Mexico got rid of slavery. “Slaveholders crossed the Sabine [river between Louisiana and Texas] with their slaves, in defiance of the Mexican ordinance of freedom.” (Doc. D, paragraph 3).This evidence shows that the US was unjustified in going to war with Mexico because Americans did not follow Mexican
Many Americans were moving into Texas, when it was still part of Mexico, and not following laws. People are robbing the territory (Doc. D, paragraph 3). Americans brought slaves to Mexico even though slaves were illegal (Doc. D, paragraph 3). “Mexico, on achieving her independence of the Spanish Crown… decreed the abolition of human slavery within her dominions, embracing the province of Texas…” (Doc. D, paragraph 1). So, Mexico got rid of slavery. “Slaveholders crossed the Sabine [river between Louisiana and Texas] with their slaves, in defiance of the Mexican ordinance of freedom.” (Doc. D, paragraph 3).This evidence shows that the US was unjustified in going to war with Mexico because Americans did not follow Mexican