1851-1853 TEXAS & SLAVERY. Rare Group of Four Early Texas Government Works Affecting Slaves. Spurgeon The painting itself measures 12

The painting itself measures 12 x 16 inches on "The California" canvas manufactured by The Little Gallery in East Newark

Taken from the Author's Manuscripts

and would visit doss houses to talk to the penniless customers

in a Society capacity

1851-1853 TEXAS & SLAVERY. Rare Group of Four Early Texas Government Works Affecting Slaves. Spurgeon The painting itself measures 12A very handsome group of four contiguous volumes issued by the Legislature of perhaps the most important Slave State of the period. Texas' pathway to statehood [1845] was tumultuous and inextricably linked to slavery. If it were to become a Slave State, its addition to the Congress would shift power away from New England Abolitionists, and its sheer size would create a vast demand for new slaves. And it did. The number of slaves at statehood was