History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1514 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Private Expansion Ahead of Policy
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The idea
Long crossed the Sabine in the same summer that the treaty fixing the Sabine as the border was signed.
In practice
Private citizens invading a neighbouring empire while their own government negotiated the boundary.
Where people slip
The anchor says Long was one of many filibusters aiming at territory in the Caribbean and Central America.
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