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To: AlanD
‘The South definitely wanted to get Mexico and Cuba, where slavery was already in place.’

Slavery had been abolished in Mexico before Texas's’ Independence, and was a major reason for the tension between the Mexicans and the Texicans.

122 posted on 05/25/2010 1:16:48 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Slavery had been abolished in Mexico before Texas's’ Independence, and was a major reason for the tension between the Mexicans and the Texicans.

That would have changed had the confederacy taken over any part of the country.

124 posted on 05/25/2010 4:07:25 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

That is why France installed Emperor Maximilian during the Civil War: to reinstate slavery in Mexico should the South prevail. After the Southern defeat at Gettysburg, France pulled the plug on Maximilian


126 posted on 05/25/2010 5:31:11 AM PDT by AlanD
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