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Mexico's abolition of slavery exerted a gravitational pull on enslaved people in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi as King Cotton was expanding. So, while Mexico lost huge expanses of its territory in the wars, its anti-slavery position gave it a sort of "moral capital."
A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico
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As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, there is new attention to the often-overlooked southbound route.