1836 gained Texas its independence. Texas requested immediate admission into the United States, but opposition from the North to the addition of another slave state to the Union, then precariously ...

In 1836, the Whigs factioned off ... with a national bank and the congressional regulation of the expansion of slavery. 1840: Democrats: Martin Van Buren The Democrats upheld a platform which ...

Shreveport is older than Caddo Parish, which was created on January 18, 1838. The very first sheriff of Caddo Parish was ...

He was wildly successful in both land speculation and the slave trade ... In early 1836, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel to join the fight for Texas’ independence.