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The Mexican Cession was the result of the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848. President James K. Polk had promised to fulfill the "Manifest Destiny" before he left office, even if it meant going to war. With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In…

Slavery and peonage in Mexico

A New Class of Slave States Enslaving American Citizens in Mexico

The existence of peon slavery at the southwestern border of Mexico and Uniterd States