Fellow history teacher from Texas. Tell them the whole entire fight for Texas independence occurred because Anglo settlers couldn’t keep enslaved people once they set foot into Texas, given that Mexico had abolished slavery in 1829.

April 09, 2026 - 19:40 UTC

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And when I took Texas History in 7th grade, they never mentioned that at ALL. I was taught that settlers would be required to convert to Catholicism and that's a big reason why we fought for independence.
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Yep. They don’t want anyone knowing it.

Anglo settlers win the war and get annexed into the union, only to have the Civil War happen and they had to give up their “property” anyway.
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Grew up in Texas and I never learned that until I left. Texas history was always remember the Alamo and Freedom!
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