MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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What is the best explanation for the term “slaveholder”-as in Texas had many slaveholders.
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someone who was a slave
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someone who worked to free slaves
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someone who owned slaves
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Truly giant slaveholders such as Robert and D. G. Mills, who owned more than 300 slaves in 1860 (the largest holding in Texas), had plantations in this area, and the population resembled that of the Old South’s famed Black Belt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most slaves came to Texas with their owners, and the vast majority lived on large cotton plantations in East Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Americans of European extraction and enslaved people contributed greatly to the population growth in the Republic and State of Texas. Settlements grew and developed more land under cultivation in cotton and other commodities. The cotton industry flourished in East Texas, where enslaved labor became most widely used.
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