TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE

Dr. Bridges is a Texas native, writer, and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@ gmail.com.

Sam Houston

The year was 1854, and the nation was bitterly divided once again over slavery. Sam Houston, now a U. S. Senator for Texas, was in the middle of the debate, faced with a choice between his political career and the future of the nation.

The vote was on the politically explosive Kansa…