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Kevin Gannon@thetattooedprof.bsky.social |
The only reason it took 9 years for TX to be annexed was bc of northern opposition (ironically, there were threats from Massachusetts to secede if TX became part of the US!). The reason TX whites wanted independence from Mexico in the first place was bc Mexico abolished slavery in 1829.
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c0nc0rdance
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Mexico abolished slavery by an act of Congress in 1837 (except for forced labor of natives). Texas was already an independent Republic by 1836 Treaties of Velasco. 1829 was the Guerrero Decree, which specifically exempted Tejas y Coahuila and was irrelevant since he was deposed a few weeks later.
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Charlie
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Huh. I had to take a full year of Texas History as a San Antonio-area 7th grader and boy was that not any part of it. How odd.
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Zetsubo
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One major reason was slavery, yeah, not the biggest one though. The biggest reason was Santa Ana's incompetence and many many Mexican states revolted against his dictatorial takeover.
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Roy Edroso
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Also didn't the Mexican government have an agreement to tax them after a certain period, and when the bill came due the settlers flipped out?
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Kevin Gannon
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Even though white US settlers had taken an oath to obey Mexico's constitution and laws to get the land they settled on, as soon as Mexico made it clear they intended to enforce the law, even in Texas, slaveowners started talking revolution and annexation to the US.
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Jonathan Gitlin
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The only state to take up arms not once but twice in defense of owning other human beings as property.
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CraftBeerCommie ☭
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They also had to wait for a free state to join before they could join as a slave state, right?
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