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So I was thinking of possible alternatives to Texas ceding its claimed western territories in the Compromise of 1850 and was wondering if If would have been possible for Texas to keep its claimed lands in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado but be a split slave/free state wherein west Texas (NM, Texas panhandle, OK and CO portions) would be closed to slavery and the remaining portion of Texas would be open to slavery. I know that no states were split internally like this but it's an interesting possibility that came to my mind even though it was never proposed in OTL.

What would be the implications of a split Free/Slave Texas? Could it possibly keep Texas in the Union in an OTL civil war? If not, maybe we see two Texas governments operating, one unionist and one confederate... Or an ultimate split Texas a la West Virgina.
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