Isn't the Alamo a Monument to Slavery?
When American settlers came to Texas, they owned slaves. The Mexicans did not believe in owning human beings, so this was one of the causes of the war. When Texas became a State it was a slave State.
shareWhen American settlers came to Texas, they owned slaves. The Mexicans did not believe in owning human beings, so this was one of the causes of the war. When Texas became a State it was a slave State.
shareThe fact is, there are tens, if not hundreds of thousands of slaves right now, here in the USA. The overwhelming majority of street prostitutes are owned outright by their pimps. They are compelled to provide sexual services to the johns by threat of violent punishment. The pimps buy and sell them, exploit them, beat them, and frequently kill them. We see it every day and do nothing. If the Alamo is a monument to slavery, so is the Capitol building of every state in this Glorious Union.
"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae
No. It is a monument to independence from tyranny as are Lexington and Concord. A rebellion if you will as was started in 1776.
The early scene at the Alamo (movie) shows the Mexican flag with 1824. That is because the people living in the Mexican state of Chihuahua Y Texas east of the Rio Bravo wanted the Mexican government to abide by that constitution. Keep in mind Mexico had only recently got independence from Spain.
The last Spanish census I recall reading was taken in 1815. They counted all civilized people in Texas. This excluded indians except those that had been converted.
25,000 was the total civilized in Texas. Mostly Texas was a string of missions, a few ports, and military outposts in a land controlled by indians.
Emprasarios of American and German decent in the 1820's and 30's brought the settlers in. With the blessings of the earlier Mexcican government. Then Antonio Maria de Lopez Santa Anna decided to be emperor. Different Mexican states resisted until conquered by his army. Texas was the last resistance.
That would be Coahuila y Tejas, not Chihuahua Y Texas.
"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae
Yes it was. The biggest travesty in American History.
shareTexians will deny it, like slavery itself, but this was a precursor of the civil war.
You are mistaken
shareMy white ancestors came to Texas in the early 19th century. None of them owned slaves.
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