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The Texan Revolution formed from the anger of these white settlers in Texas, which was still part of Mexico at this time. They had moved from slave-owning southern part of the US and they became upset because the president of Mexico, Vicente Guerrero, abolished slavery. Mexico actually attempted to restrict American immigration into Mexico-owned Texas! The leaders of the Mexican centralist forces that defeated the Texan revolutionary forces at the Alamo were against slavery. If you ever hear a Texan say “Remember the Alamo!” just remember that the Texan settlers that died there had a vested interest in maintaining control of Texas territory so they could continue to use slave labor. 

forget the alamo.

Fuck the alamo

Not only does the alamo suck as a historical monument, but fuck the people who fought there

Remember The Alamo, NOT as a brave battle, but as an important step in maintaining  slavery.  That may also help understand why the 14th Amendment, did NOT end slavery, it only transferred ownership from private hands to Government ownership.

For the first half of my life I lived in San Antonio. We were taught (from Kindergarten) that the people who fought in the Alamo were the heroes. Mexico the bad guy. It was a WOAH moment when I learned that wasn’t the case.

Also it’s super boring going to the Alamo every school year for field trips.

Also important to note that the old 300 (the first three hundred white American families to settle in Texas) went with the intention of inciting hostilities (they hadn’t decided how yet) and forcing the Mexican army to make the first move so that they could have American sympathy when they inevitably rebelled. With the full support of the us government at the time. There’s a reason the Texas independent republic was as short lived as it was. And that reason was they always intended to join the union as a slave holding state from day one. Texas was a land grab and a very transparent one at that.