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Why did northerns oppose the annexation of texas?

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Because texas favored slavery.

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Northerners opposed the annexing of Texas because it would've created an imbalance between free and slave states, creating a very large slave-holding territory. Northerners were also a little uppity and didn't see Texans as very sophisticated.
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