Answer: but.
however.
in spite of.
on the one hand/on the other hand.
in contrast.
on the contrary.
still.
yet.
Explanation:
Mexico at first did not allow the people of Texas to own slaves. After winning independence and however, Texas allowed slavery. Once slavery was allowed, after a few years of independence, texas asked to enter the US as a slave state.
So Texas went from a territory of Mexico that had slavery banned to a state in the US with slavery (after independence)
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