When Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821 their government decided that the were going to ban slavery. When the Americans started to settle in the Mexican province of Texas, they brought their slaves with them in an effort to expand U.S. slavery plantation systems. By doing this the American's were disobeying the laws already established by Mexican government officials. As it states in document D " …
When Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821 their government decided that the were going to ban slavery. When the Americans started to settle in the Mexican province of Texas, they brought their slaves with them in an effort to expand U.S. slavery plantation systems. By doing this the American's were disobeying the laws already established by Mexican government officials. As it states in document D " …