Submitted by triviafrenzy t3_11c65tb in todayilearned
Yay, the Texans got to keep their slaves.
you should not be down voted for this
I knew i would though. It was a main reason for the texans revolting.
yep. In Texas history we're taught that Texians revolted because Santa Ana violated the constitution of 1824. What they don't teach is that the part he violated was the part that allowed for slavery. Also left out the part where American slave owners/slavery supporters were moved into the state just to help tip the scale.
Slavery played a part, but the Texan Revolution was a part of a larger, general set of insurrections within Mexico at the time (the Mexican Federalist War) against Santa Anna.
Slavery was absolutely a cause, but the general trigger was the increasing centralization of the Mexican government. It wasn't that they violated the constitution, but that they replaced it with a centralist one in 1835.
in Texas it was slavery. It was an entire imperialist production by American slave owners
The vast majority of the soldiers who fought in the battle of San Jacinto didn't even live in Texas before the revolt
Very clear people are not aware Texas broke away from Mexico at least partially to keep slaver legal. There were other issues they had with Mexico's government, but a very clear effect of the Texans winning was slavery continuing in the area until the U.S. civil war ended.
They are aware at some level. They just don't remember.
They don't want to.
Don't Remember why they were fighting at The Alamo!
Only to join the United States, which would also outlaw slavery. Such bad luck!
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