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Texas did originally retain the right to divide into as many as five independent States, [30] and as part of the Compromise of 1850 continues to retain that right while ceding former claims westward and northward along the full length of the Rio Grande in exchange for $10 million from the federal government. [31] See Texas divisionism.
Cotton, the son of an enslaved woman and a white plantation overseer, [4] was born into slavery in South Carolina and was illiterate throughout his life. [2] [3] According to the Handbook of Texas, Cotton's enslaver was most likely Ethan Stroud at the time of his birth. Logan Shroud became Cotton's enslaver after Ethan Shroud died in 1847. [3]
King Cotton, a panoramic photograph of a cotton plantation in 1907, now housed in the Library of Congress "King Cotton" is a slogan that summarized the strategy used before the American Civil War (of 1861–1865) by secessionists in the southern states (the future Confederate States of America) to claim the feasibility of secession and to prove there was no need to fear a war with the northern ...
The boll weevil, a species of beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers, crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892. [52] It reached southeastern Alabama in 1909, and by the mid-1920s had entered all cotton-growing regions in the U.S., traveling 40 to 160 miles per year.
Within Texas, the economy depended heavily on the cultivation of cotton. In 1834, Texas exported over 7,000 bales of cotton. Ranching was also lucrative, and Texas exported over 5,000 head of cattle in 1834. [47] Lumber was exported in small quantities, primarily to Matamoros. [48] In the mid-1830s, Texas imported approximately $630,000 worth ...
Texas’ border cities have tended to be more welcoming to immigrants than other parts of the state, since many in these areas have long seen themselves and their Mexican neighbors as a big ...
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Austin is the capital of Texas. The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but is faced in Texas pink granite and is topped by a statue of the "Goddess of Liberty" holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol is also notable for purposely being built seven feet taller than the U.S. national capitol. [1]