The issue of Texas annexation was closely linked to slavery and affected the nominations of presidential candidates in the 1840s.

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Texas was a slave state and its annexation was controversial because it would upset the balance of free and slave states in the United States. The politics of slavery played a major role in the debate over Texas annexation and impacted presidential nominations during the 1840s.

The Issue of Texas Annexation Was Closely Linked to Slavery