“Louisiana looked like a bonanza to people anxious to unload their slaves at high prices--and it looked that way precisely because Jefferson excluded slave importations from abroad.” Slavery In The United StatesLouisiana Purchase Book:Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power Source: Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power
“Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern.” HistoryManifest Destiny18481847James K PolkLouisiana PurchaseMexican American War1846Mr Polk S WarThe Mexican War Author:Charles W. Carey Jr.