How U.S. Westward Expansion Breathed New Life into Slavery

The 19th-century American West has long been described as a land of opportunity. But for many, it was little more than another place of bondage.
America is at the brink of a Civil War as cotton spreads west and threatens to expand slavery into new territories.

Slavery and other Domestic Challenges of Western Expansion

Retracing Slavery's Trail of Tears, History

Module 21: Slavery and Westward Expansion — Mary C. Klann, PhD

The International History of the US Suffrage Movement (U.S.

7 Things You May Not Know About Sam Houston

Westward movement, Definition, History, Outcome, & Facts

American frontier - Wikipedia

Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads

TIPHC Newsletter, March 11-17, 2018 - Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture

7 Things You May Not Know About Sam Houston

Westward Expansion: Encounters at a Cultural Crossroads

Western Expansion, the New South, and Industrial America, 1870–1890

Module 21: Slavery and Westward Expansion — Mary C. Klann, PhD