The decisions and actions that one makes on a daily basis all have consequences, even if these consequences may be favorable or dreadful, many tend to have lasting effects. The concept of slavery was a person’s decision to enslave another human being and has been around for hundreds of years. Slavery has had many consequences, good and bad, on the societies that participated. The consequences of slavery impacted the societies in different ways whether the societies sold slaves, like the Kingdom of Kongo or bought the slaves, like Brazil, both were impacted by the decision to do so.
Judging by Robert Caro's writings on Johnson, Johnson's experiences working with both white and Mexican children in Texas impacted him greatly and influenced his view that government can and should help people escape from poverty.
They wanted to expand the slave states in the US. The conspiracy wanted to dominate the whole Southwestern part of the United States. However, the conspirators were not able to do so because they were arrested by Thomas Jefferson before the conspiracy would widen.