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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06397 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1850 |
| Title | John Tyler to Robert Tyler favouring annexation of Texas to expand cotton monopoly |
| Date | 16 April 1850 |
| Author | Tyler, John (1790-1862) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Annexation of Texas to expand the cotton monopoly, not to divide the nation over slavery. "The monopoly of the cotton plant was the great and important concern... an embargo for a single year would produce in Europe a greater amount of suffering than a fifty years war." |
| Subjects | African American History President Texas American West Cotton Commerce Merchants and Trade Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Embargo Slavery |
| People | Tyler, John (1790-1862) |
| Place written | Sherwood Forest |
| Theme | The Presidency; Foreign Affairs; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |