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Aristus

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2. The defenders of the Alamo were 'heroic freedom fighters'.

Mon Oct 7, 2013, 11:37 AM

Oct 2013

True, only in the sense that they were fighting for the freedom for white people to own black slaves.

Mexico, of which Texas was a part in 1836, abolished slavery in 1821. The Texans, or 'Texians', as they were known at the time, were primarily from the Southern US. They opposed Mexico's abolition of slavery, and squatted in Texas, proclaiming their intent to start an independent Republic in which slavery was lawful. The Alamo defenders all died, but their goal became reality with the founding of the Republic of Texas.

Texas, of course, later joined the US, and then, when the US moved toward abolition, seceded to the Confederacy with the rest of the dunces.

The Alamo defenders were not 'heroes'. They were bigoted, racist assholes.

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