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The Plan to Sell Texas to Great Britain
JSTOR Daily ^ | 11/7/2018 | Mark Sussman

Posted on 11/18/2018 11:01:36 AM PST by cowpoke

In 1841, Andrews hatched a plan to make his political and moral beliefs a lived reality: He would convince Great Britain to buy up all the land in Texas on the condition that they free Texas’s slaves. The idea was not as outlandish as it might sound. In 1833, Great Britain had done something similar in abolishing slavery on its plantations in the West Indies. There, slaveholders were paid a total of $20 million sterling in recompense for their lost property, though they retained the land. And Texas had already reached across the Atlantic for economic aid. The South Carolina politician James Hamilton had recently attempted to borrow $5 million from European nations in support of Texas...

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: 1841; abolition; abolitionist; abolitionists; compensation; cotton; england; galveston; history; houston; jameshamilton; slavery; southcarolina; stephenpearlandrews; texas; texation; texit; tobacco; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 11/18/2018 11:01:36 AM PST by cowpoke
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Fast forwarding to today we might more likely sell Britain to Texas.


2 posted on 11/18/2018 11:03:53 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

lol

who would buy it?


3 posted on 11/18/2018 11:12:21 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Brilliant

There will always be a Britain...but can we afford it?


4 posted on 11/18/2018 11:15:49 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (GOP- 65 House and 12 Senate seat pickups in November)
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To: MuttTheHoople

England could be bought, but who would want it? What would you do with it? How would you defend it?

Now Australia and Canada? That is another matter.


5 posted on 11/18/2018 11:18:45 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: cowpoke

“After a few days, he took his family north to Mississippi and then east, leaving them in Norwich, Connecticut.”

This writer is a bit challenged in geography.


6 posted on 11/18/2018 11:30:09 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Texas Fossil

“Now Australia and Canada? That is another matter.”

We almost had Canada were it not for a crucial battle near Detroit. Pity, Canada is 1/10 of what it should be. It is the worst under achiever in the world. With all that they have they should be a powerhouse. Instead they have embraced every bad idea the US and England ever had and made them worse.


7 posted on 11/18/2018 11:30:32 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: cowpoke

While we’re at it, sell Cuba to Israel too.


8 posted on 11/18/2018 11:32:02 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: gibsonguy
It is the worst under achiever in the world.

Yes, Canada should be a world leader. Sadly, it's mostly forgotten about. As it is, the sun has long set on the British Empire.

9 posted on 11/18/2018 11:38:08 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: gibsonguy

Yes, Socialism is the place nations go to die.


10 posted on 11/18/2018 11:52:48 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Churchill must be doing 360s in his grave.


11 posted on 11/18/2018 12:01:53 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: Texas Fossil

Can we offer them California instead?

And throw in Detroit for good measure?


12 posted on 11/18/2018 12:14:08 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: gibsonguy

We could trade Quebec to the EU for the Brits.


13 posted on 11/18/2018 12:15:54 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: CondorFlight

CA is not the problem, the government leaders in CA is the problem.

It is a beautiful state run by the most insane in the asylum.


14 posted on 11/18/2018 12:21:14 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: CondorFlight

Detroit? Impossible. Totally Impossible.

Worse than most of the bombed out cities in Europe after WWII. Car companies closed because it was impossible to operate under local government.

Import cars took the market.

Residents live with the shell of a huge industry vacant and the revenue from the jobs has been gone for a generation.

Like living on the Border in Mexico.


15 posted on 11/18/2018 12:24:29 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: cowpoke; KC_Lion

And then there is the modern-day plan to sell Alaska to China to pay off our debt... discussed among military elites of the Bush Jr. Era in earnest. Pebble Mine controversy, that sticky Alaskan Constitution that cedes land rights to state citizens... and all that.


16 posted on 11/18/2018 12:26:25 PM PST by Sontagged (TY Lord Jesus for being the Way, the Truth & the Life. Have mercy on those trapped in the Snake Pit!)
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To: cowpoke

Yeah...like that tea sipping island of cold hearted queers coulda held onto the same Texas that ran out Santa Anna AND the Comanches.


17 posted on 11/18/2018 12:32:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Brilliant
Not sell all of Britian, just the landmark structures.

London Bridge is already in Arizona.

18 posted on 11/18/2018 12:43:50 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: ifinnegan
Well he got the first leg correct in leaving New Orleans.


19 posted on 11/18/2018 12:46:57 PM PST by deport
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To: dp0622
< I>who would buy it [Great Britain]?

Our dear friends, the Saudis...

20 posted on 11/18/2018 12:48:18 PM PST by null and void (Those who make change through the vote impossible make changes by force inevitable)
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