A rabszolgaság intézménye Texasban a mexikói időszakban, 1821–1836

Absztrakt

At the turn of the 18-19th century Texas lay at the borderlands of New Spain and thus was sparsely populated. When Mexico gained independence in 1821, one of the most important aims of the government was to attract immigrants to the region – from the north and the south as well as from the United States of America. There were only a few slaves in Hispanic Texas. Their number started to grow with the arrival of the Anglo-American inhabitants. However, there was an ongoing debate in Mexico throughout the 1820s and early 1830s whether to allow or outlaw the institution. The purpose of this essay is to examine the economic, social and political transformation in the borderland region during this period and analyze how the Mexican government and the inhabitants of the region (Americans as well as Tejanos) related to slavery in Texas.