How Did Slavery Lead To The Texas Revolution

Slavery in Texas was likely one of the important issues that led to the Texas Revolution. Slave owners in Texas were concerned in protecting their right to own slaves. Mexican officials had frequently threatened to abolish the institution of slavery, and revolution would ensure that Texas could hold on to the practice. Some settlers that came to Texas brought their own slaves when they bought land in Texas. Although some slaves traveled to Texas from the United States with their owner, most slaves were bought thought the slave trade in Texas. This lead to slavery in Texas becoming an important issue and business venture.
Slaves in Texas were used to produce some cash crops like cotton but cotton would produce a small profit. With the growth of Texas slavery soon became a resourceful investment and sustainable asset for some business venters in the state. Slaves had no legal rights and were considered personal property of their owners. Around 1850 slaves were more profitable and worth more than the average farm in Texas. Around this time the Texas government collected about $440 in annual taxes for each slave a number that would increase to about $760 a decade later. In the 1850’s healthy male field hands could be sold starting $1200 and healthy boys used to plow the land would start at $1000 on the slave market. …show more content…
Slavery in Texas was profitable to slave holders who bought, sold and hired out slaves within a business venture, unlike the southern states in which slavery was a force used to produce crops for profit. Slaves in America were initially promised land and freedom for their servitude where as in Texas slave became objects of ownership with limited humanistic dignities. Laws were set up to favor slave-owners which prohibited the stealing of a slave, trading or conspiring with slaves to run away or rebel against their