75:
1716:
61:
407:
393:
379:
326:
598:
365:
1818:
665:
673:
3549:
2768:
1790:
1804:
340:
2778:
1832:
92:
688:
681:
747:, in December 1860, a U.S. House of Representatives committee proposed to admit New Mexico as a slave state immediately. Although the measure was approved by the committee on December 29, 1860, Southern representatives did not take up this offer. Many had already left Congress due to the imminent declarations of secession by their states.
695:
758:, where it abolished slavery. As in New Mexico, slavery was already extremely limited, due to earlier Mexican traditions, laws, and patterns of settlement. The northwestern corner of New Mexico Territory was included in Arizona Territory until it was added to the southernmost part of the newly admitted
850:; thence in a straight line to a point on the Colorado River twenty English miles below the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers; thence up the middle of the said river Colorado until it intersects the present line between the United States and Mexico." The new border included a few miles of the
1745:
The coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico shall be the
Mexican Eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons. The date MDCCCL , under the eagles, and above that, on a scroll, the motto:
656:. The state of Texas (admitted to the US in 1845) strongly criticized this plan, as it claimed much of the same territory, although it did not control these lands. In addition, slaveholders worried about not being able to expand slavery to the west of their current slave states.
736:, insisted that older Mexican Republic legal traditions of the territory, which abolished black slavery in 1834, took precedence and should be continued. (Indian slavery had been abolished in Spanish colonies in 1769.) Regardless of the official status, slavery was rare in
1752:. That the great seal of the territory have the coat of arms thereon, being the same seal now used by the secretary of the territory, and that the same be adopted and established as the official seal and coat of arms of the territory of New Mexico.
1071:
to the New Mexico
Territory, bringing its land area to the maximum size achieved in its history as an organized territory. The land of 29,640 square miles (76,800 km) provided a more easily constructed route for a future southern
1960:
1927:
613:. Territorial boundaries were somewhat ambiguous. After the Mexican Republic formally ceded the region to the United States in 1848, this temporary wartime/military government operated until September 9, 1850.
1671:
in 1863, which was the western half split off from the original U.S. New Mexico
Territory. The short-lived Confederate Arizona Territory was the first American territorial entity to be called "Arizona".
724:
provoked considerable debate. Congress was sharply divided on the slavery issue, with
Southern representatives determined to protect their options for expansion of slavery in the West.
2502:
457:
in 1912. This jurisdiction was an organized, incorporated territory of the US for nearly 62 years, the longest period of any territory in the contiguous United States.
3593:
2188:
2605:
2887:
2599:
40:
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of New Mexico was adopted by the territorial legislature in 1887, formalizing an earlier design, introduced in the early 1860s, already used in the territory's
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2478:
428:
3623:
3618:
74:
2213:
137:
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2781:
2525:
1634:
1699:. However, the government and leadership of Confederate Arizona persisted until the end of the Civil War in June 1865 with the surrender of the
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2181:
1845:
1630:
815:; thence due west one hundred miles; thence south to the parallel of 31° 20' north latitude; thence along the said parallel of 31° 20' to the
3628:
2968:
1663:. This territory consisted of the southern half of the earlier Federal New Mexico Territory of 1851 and was in contrast to the later Federal
3588:
2508:
1721:
1737:. The legislation, titled "An Act adopting and establishing the coat of arms and great seal of the territory", was approved by Governor
1040:. Although this area was smaller than what had been included in the failed statehood proposal of early 1850, the boundary disputes with
3608:
2985:
2218:
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was created to the north. The proposed state boundaries were to extend as far east as the 100th meridian West and as far north as the
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2771:
2361:
2174:
610:
466:
432:
331:
60:
3613:
1850:
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in 1853/1854 (known as the "Venta de La
Mesilla" or the "Sale of La Mesilla"), arranged by the then-American ambassador to Mexico,
17:
2625:
1597:
923:
857:
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1024:
The boundaries of the New Mexico
Territory at the time of establishment (September 9, 1850) contained most of the present-day
993:
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892:
3598:
2017:
3187:
2855:
2814:
2655:
1138:
775:
2079:
822:
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for a half-century until admitted to the Union in 1912 as the 47th state (followed just under six weeks later by the
2980:
2919:
2577:
2531:
2197:
130:
1774:
for 'It grows as it goes'), was later added to the seal. The same design was later adapted for use in the
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2514:
1908:
1891:
1134:, which became the 48th state, finally filling out the coast-to-coast continental expanse of the United States).
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Earlier in 1850, organizers proposing New Mexico for statehood had drafted a state constitution that prohibited
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3129:
1648:
1230:
1198:
1182:
2094:
1988:
3484:
3424:
3011:
2557:
2228:
1700:
1470:
1406:
617:
3534:
3524:
3504:
3499:
3489:
3459:
1967:
1934:
1518:
1502:
1486:
1342:
1326:
1294:
446:
209:
2907:
2054:
1715:
437:
3514:
3444:
3434:
3429:
3404:
3164:
3046:
2975:
1692:
1534:
1310:
952:
3509:
3394:
3389:
3384:
3379:
3169:
3051:
2929:
1582:
1246:
1214:
1150:
1142:
1077:
1073:
754:", which split off the western portion of the 12-year-old New Mexico Territory, establishing the new
597:
570:
557:
544:
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at the western end; the remaining land portion consisted of line segments between points, including
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3419:
3399:
3340:
2897:
2807:
2563:
1860:
1550:
1454:
1438:
1278:
606:
100:
and New Mexico
Territories, split from the original New Mexico Territory of 1851, showing existing
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3414:
3330:
3200:
3177:
3036:
1676:
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1422:
1390:
1374:
1262:
3245:
687:
3439:
3310:
3285:
3275:
3250:
3220:
3195:
3056:
3041:
3006:
2963:
2716:
728:(IL) and others maintained that the territory could not restrict slavery, as under the earlier
706:
188:
101:
2110:
709:
in
September 1850, the legislation provided for the establishment of New Mexico Territory and
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3026:
2902:
2847:
2253:
2009:
1855:
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3300:
3270:
3235:
3225:
2837:
2438:
2381:
2265:
2131:
1823:
1688:
1656:
1088:
253:
111:
1122:
in 1864. This Act left the New Mexico
Territory with boundaries identical to the eventual
449:. It existed with varying boundaries until the territory was admitted to the Union as the
8:
3335:
3320:
3315:
3215:
3124:
3016:
2946:
2934:
2865:
2800:
2619:
2464:
2450:
2352:
2334:
2271:
2247:
2241:
2071:
2033:
1652:
1123:
1111:
1107:
1103:
1025:
816:
751:
729:
267:
2734:
3260:
3255:
3240:
3230:
3159:
3104:
3084:
2613:
2444:
2405:
2393:
2326:
2320:
2299:
2287:
2281:
2275:
1775:
1660:
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reported the following population counts (after 7 reported the following counts in the
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744:
725:
702:
633:
386:
226:
80:
2990:
1989:
New Mexico
Territory Slave Code (1859–1867) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
1091:" on February 28, 1861, with the same boundaries that would ultimately constitute the
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2429:
2423:
2305:
2293:
2259:
2223:
2075:
2013:
1866:
1664:
1127:
1099:
1092:
755:
442:
372:
345:
97:
3021:
2002:
3345:
3154:
3119:
3099:
3089:
2951:
2875:
2411:
2399:
2387:
2346:
2314:
2166:
1131:
1115:
1052:
1029:
680:
400:
240:
168:
156:
694:
3149:
3139:
3031:
2892:
2668:
2417:
1795:
1119:
886:
733:
629:
3061:
1137:
In 1850, all 73 churches with regular services in the New Mexico Territory were
780:
The Purchase treaty defined the new border as "up the middle of that river (the
3144:
3109:
3079:
2882:
2722:
2704:
2698:
2594:
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2340:
1909:"New Mexico and Utah organized as incorporated U.S. territories, Sept. 9, 1850"
1837:
1809:
1771:
1738:
1704:
1680:
851:
737:
710:
625:
621:
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2740:
2692:
2674:
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in May 1862, following the retreat of Texan Confederate forces back south to
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1060:
1008:
995:
973:
960:
938:
925:
907:
894:
872:
859:
837:
824:
802:
789:
784:) to the point where the parallel of 31° 47' north latitude crosses the same
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44:
2752:
2728:
2710:
2686:
2680:
1730:
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put an end to the push for immediate New Mexico statehood. Approved by the
672:
2746:
2537:
2497:
2208:
2161:
Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico.
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represents the territory's change of sovereignty. The territorial motto,
1761:
222:
183:
3134:
2870:
2827:
2823:
1757:
1734:
1696:
1684:
1640:
1068:
987:
781:
653:
588:
454:
450:
431:
from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the
358:
281:
2792:
1895:
1647:. Settlers in the southern part of the Territory willingly joined the
1961:
Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
1928:
Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
1095:. This Act removed the Colorado lands from the New Mexico Territory.
601:
Proposed boundaries for the earlier federal State of New Mexico, 1850
1719:
Illustrated coat of arms of the New Mexico Territory, published in
1033:
762:
in 1864. Eventually, Arizona Territory was admitted in 1912 as the
641:
1064:
763:
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On February 24, 1863, during the Civil War, Congress passed the "
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New Mexico. Black slaves never numbered more than about a dozen.
721:
649:
584:
1056:
1037:
759:
659:
637:
1041:
714:
1687:
valley and eastern New Mexico Territory with the capital of
91:
2491:
1114:
from the New Mexico Territory, i.e. the entire present-day
645:
1643:, New Mexico Territory was disputed territory during the
1118:
plus the land that would become the southern part of the
1110:" on February 24, 1863, removed all the land west of the
743:
As one of the final attempts at compromise to avoid the
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Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
1954:
1952:
620:. The request was approved at the same time that the
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429:
organized incorporated territory of the United States
27:
Territory of the United States of America (1850–1912)
2196:
1785:
1949:
713:. It also defined the disputed western boundary of
2066:Selcer, Richard F. (2006). Balkin, Richard (ed.).
2001:
3594:Former organized territories of the United States
1919:
1760:'s outstretched wings over the smaller "Mexican"
3565:
2580:and other inhabited territories governed by the
1999:
1635:Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
951:, the eastern corners of NM southern bootheel (
2095:National Park Service – The Battle of Glorieta
1846:New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War
1631:New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War
3579:States and territories disestablished in 1912
2808:
2182:
2055:New York Times – The New Territory of Arizona
720:During the territorial period, the status of
1906:
1032:, and portions of the present-day states of
660:Compromise of 1850 and disputes over slavery
3624:1912 disestablishments in the United States
3619:1850 establishments in New Mexico Territory
1765:
1747:
1076:line (second of the routes) for the future
1067:and a smaller area in today's southwestern
3574:States and territories established in 1850
2815:
2801:
2189:
2175:
1872:Territorial evolution of the United States
90:
2104:
2102:
467:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
433:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
332:U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
2126:
2124:
2122:
2034:"Department of State – Gadsden Purchase"
1851:Governors of the Territory of New Mexico
1714:
1655:, with a representative delegate to the
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693:
686:
679:
671:
663:
596:
2822:
1147:26 counties in the New Mexico Territory
1063:. This added today's southern strip of
1055:was acquired by the United States from
14:
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2626:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
2108:
2099:
2065:
1710:
611:a provisional government of New Mexico
583:Source: 1850–1910 (1860 includes both
485:
2796:
2170:
2119:
1707:with its delegate still in Richmond.
1624:
3629:1912 disestablishments in New Mexico
2777:
1958:
1925:
1028:, more than half of the present-day
636:panhandles and parts of present-day
628:, thus encompassing the present-day
3589:Pre-statehood history of New Mexico
1776:seal of the new state of New Mexico
776:Territorial evolution of New Mexico
24:
2214:Organized incorporated territories
2153:
2115:. Haskell House. pp. 161–162.
1907:ANDREW Glass (September 9, 2015).
1080:, constructed later in 1881/1883.
480:
461:Before the territory was organized
189:New Mexico Territorial Legislature
25:
3640:
3609:Pre-statehood history of Colorado
652:, as well as most of present-day
3604:Pre-statehood history of Arizona
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2578:United Nations trust territories
2198:Territories of the United States
1830:
1816:
1802:
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1653:Confederate Territory of Arizona
920:, near AZ-NM-Mexico tripoint at
817:111th meridian of longitude west
609:, the United States established
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131:Organized incorporated territory
73:
59:
41:Organized incorporated territory
3614:Pre-statehood history of Nevada
2632:American Concession in Shanghai
2088:
2068:Civil War America: 1850 to 1875
1651:in 1861 as the newly organized
1102:(two years after the ill-fated
885:at the Colorado River, west of
3369:List of counties in New Mexico
2638:American concession of Tianjin
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2048:
2026:
1993:
1982:
1900:
1884:
13:
1:
2136:New Mexico Secretary of State
2008:. Harper & Row. pp.
1877:
1104:Confederate Arizona Territory
3599:History of the American West
2229:U.S. territorial sovereignty
1959:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1926:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1701:Trans-Mississippi Department
7:
1968:United States Census Bureau
1935:United States Census Bureau
1781:
447:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
210:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
10:
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3165:Sangre de Cristo Mountains
2479:Unincorporated territories
1628:
1098:The creation of the Union
1044:had been dispelled by the
773:
676:The Gadsden Purchase, 1853
668:New Mexico Territory, 1852
464:
3543:
3359:
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3070:
2999:
2846:
2834:
2762:
2664:
2647:
2590:
2573:
2487:
2474:
2237:
2204:
1691:under the control of the
1683:, placed the area of the
1151:1850 United States census
1143:1910 United States census
1078:Southern Pacific Railroad
1074:transcontinental railroad
582:
500:—
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136:
124:
117:
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89:
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39:
34:
2861:Census-designated places
2564:Northern Mariana Islands
2109:Zieber, Eugene (1969) .
2000:David M. Potter (1976).
1087:was established by the "
3178:Southwestern New Mexico
1722:State Arms of the Union
1677:Battle of Glorieta Pass
986:, and the west bank of
939:31.332099°N 109.05047°W
873:32.49399°N 114.813043°W
803:31.78333°N 106.528194°W
425:Territory of New Mexico
35:Territory of New Mexico
18:Territory of New Mexico
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1754:
1748:
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1009:31.78377°N 106.52864°W
974:31.78378°N 108.20854°W
908:31.33214°N 111.07423°W
707:United States Congress
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3554:New Mexico portal
2219:Territorial evolution
1856:History of New Mexico
1743:
1718:
1703:, living in exile in
1612:New Mexico Territory
944:31.332099; -109.05047
878:32.49399; -114.813043
808:31.78333; -106.528194
770:Territorial evolution
697:
690:
683:
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472:Historical population
441:becoming part of the
3584:New Mexico Territory
2004:The Impending Crisis
1861:Mexican–American War
1824:United States portal
1657:Confederate Congress
1089:Colorado Organic Act
1014:31.78377; -106.52864
979:31.78378; -108.20854
913:31.33214; -111.07423
732:. Others, including
607:Mexican–American War
605:In 1846, during the
3125:Northern New Mexico
2986:Tourist attractions
2656:uninhabited islands
2558:U.S. Virgin Islands
2112:Heraldry in America
1711:Territorial symbols
1667:established by the
1124:State of New Mexico
1108:Arizona Organic Act
1026:State of New Mexico
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970: /
935: /
904: /
869: /
834: /
799: /
752:Arizona Organic Act
730:Missouri Compromise
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3160:Shortgrass prairie
3105:Eastern New Mexico
3085:Central New Mexico
2969:Pueblos and Tribes
1970:. pp. 110–111
1727:
1659:in the capital of
1649:Confederate States
1645:American Civil War
1625:American Civil War
1085:Colorado Territory
1046:Compromise of 1850
838:31.333°N 111.000°W
726:Stephen A. Douglas
703:Compromise of 1850
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387:Colorado Territory
254:Colorado Territory
227:Compromise of 1850
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3205:Metropolitan Area
3115:Manzano Mountains
3095:Chihuahuan Desert
2790:
2789:
2654:claims and other
2652:Guano Islands Act
2552:Panama Canal Zone
2224:Thirteen Colonies
2159:David L. Caffey,
2019:978-0-06-131929-7
1867:Silvester Mirabal
1665:Arizona Territory
1622:
1621:
1128:Arizona Territory
1100:Arizona Territory
1093:State of Colorado
756:Arizona Territory
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443:American frontier
435:, as a result of
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373:Arizona Territory
351:
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346:Republic of Texas
274:February 24, 1863
268:Arizona Territory
260:February 28, 1861
164:• 1910–1912
152:• 1851–1852
126: • Type
96:Map of the later
16:(Redirected from
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3155:Sandia Mountains
3120:Mogollon Plateau
3100:Colorado Plateau
3090:Chicoma Mountain
2952:New Mexico music
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2735:Quita Sueño Bank
2315:Indian Territory
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1639:As the route to
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1132:State of Arizona
1116:State of Arizona
1053:Gadsden Purchase
1030:State of Arizona
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764:State of Arizona
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401:Nevada Territory
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241:Gadsden Purchase
233:9 September 1850
169:William J. Mills
157:James S. Calhoun
127:
94:
81:Seal (1887–1912)
77:
67:Flag (1896–1908)
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