Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850 / Andrew J. Torget.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.

Series:

David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history

The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton trade--Texas--History--19th century.

Cotton trade.

Cotton trade--Mexico--History--19th century.

Slavery--Texas--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--Mexico--History--19th century.

History.

Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.

Texas.

Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.

Mexico--History--Wars of Independence, 1810-1821.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Contents:

Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire

Part I. In the shadow of cotton

The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence

Part II. Bringing Mississippi to Mexico

American migration to Mexico, 1821-1825

The politics of slavery in northeastern Mexico, 1826-1829

Cotton, slavery, and the secession of Texas, 1829-1836

Part III. Cotton nation and slaveholders' republic

Creating a cotton nation, 1836-1841

The failure of the slaveholders' republic, 1842-1845

Epilogue. Migrations and transformations

Appendix 1. The Texas slavery project

Appendix 2. Cotton prices and trade.

Notes:

"Short sections of chapters 2 and 3 appeared previously in Stephen F. Austin's views on slavery in early Texas, in This corner of Canaan : essays on Texas in honor of Randolph B. Campbell, edited by Richard McCaslin, Donald Chipman, and Andrew J. Torget (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2013)."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index.

ISBN:

9781469624242

1469624249

OCLC:

906234422