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What role did enslavement have in Texas wanting independence from Mexico?
• Mexico banned enslavement and forced enslavers to pay indentured servants for their labor.
• Mexico allowed enslavement but required Texans to acquire enslaved people from Mexico.
• Mexico allowed enslavement, but Texans were interested in abolishing enslavement.
• Mexico banned enslavement, leading enslavers to worry that they wouldn't be able to use the labor of enslaved people.
• Mexico banned enslavement and forced enslavers to pay indentured servants for their labor.
• Mexico allowed enslavement but required Texans to acquire enslaved people from Mexico.
• Mexico allowed enslavement, but Texans were interested in abolishing enslavement.
• Mexico banned enslavement, leading enslavers to worry that they wouldn't be able to use the labor of enslaved people.
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The correct statement regarding the role of enslavement in Texas wanting independence from Mexico is:
• Mexico banned enslavement, leading enslavers to worry that they wouldn't be able to use the labor of enslaved people.
In the early 1830s, Mexico began to enforce its laws against slavery more strictly, which raised considerable concern among the Anglo-American settlers in Texas, many of whom were slaveholders from the southern United States. The fear of losing the institution of slavery and the economic implications that accompanied it were significant factors in the growing desire for independence from Mexico and the eventual Texas Revolution.
• Mexico banned enslavement, leading enslavers to worry that they wouldn't be able to use the labor of enslaved people.
In the early 1830s, Mexico began to enforce its laws against slavery more strictly, which raised considerable concern among the Anglo-American settlers in Texas, many of whom were slaveholders from the southern United States. The fear of losing the institution of slavery and the economic implications that accompanied it were significant factors in the growing desire for independence from Mexico and the eventual Texas Revolution.