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Many academic sources identify the desire of Anglo Texans to preserve slavery in Texas after Mexico abolished it in 1829-30 as an important cause of secession. With Juneteenth being made a federal holiday such issues are perhaps particularly pertinent. Some examples of academic commentary on the importance of maintaining slavery to the Revolution:
"Ironically, a Revolution fought to secure slavery from Mexican interference provided far more opportunities for slave resistance than had ever existed under Mexican rule."
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"In 1835-1836, the simmering tensions between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government boiled over. A number of issues, not the least of which was slavery, lay behind the rift."
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"Texas slaveholders thus found the institution troublesome and unsettling, but, at the same time, it benefited them to the extent that they would attempt a revolution to keep it."
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A recent book has a thoughtful discussion of the historiography of the Texas Revolution and takes this multi-causal explanation: Adopting a wider perspective, indeed, reveals how a complex tangle of cotton, slavery, and Mexican federalism—rather than any single factor—produced the fights that eventually led to the Texas Revolution.
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From an entire article written on the subject: From the Anglo Texan perspective the constitutional changes of [1830] once again threatened liberty and interrupted economic progress, their version of which included a system of slave labor. Texans took up arms in 1835 against a regime that apparently intended to undermine their political ideals, their emerging prosperity, and their understanding of social and racial peace. Clearly the challenge to slavery contributed to the Texas decision to resist the new order in Mexico.
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There are many more relevant but this is just what I've had time to research so far. With this in mind, I've added the following sentence to the header:
Mexico had officially abolished slavery in Texas in 1830, and the desire of Anglo settlers to maintain the institution of chattel slavery in Texas was also a major cause of secession. [6] [7] [8]
Frankly, I think the role of slavery in the Revolution should have much greater prominence on this page, but obviously careful research is needed. Thoughts and comments welcome! Noteduck ( talk) 06:15, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
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Ironically, a Revolution fought to secure slavery from Mexican interference provided far more opportunities for slave resistance than had ever existed under Mexican rule.
In 1835-1836, the simmering tensions between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government boiled over. A number of issues, not the least of which was slavery, lay behind the rift.
Texas slaveholders thus found the institution troublesome and unsettling, but, at the same time, it benefited them to the extent that they would attempt a revolution to keep it.
So this un/quasigrammatical construction really is the most common way for people to talk about the Tex(an|ian) Rebellion/Revolution/War of Independence? Fair enough I guess, but any ideas on how that got started? No one calls it the America Civil War or the United States War of Independence. Was there some book or source that got this started? Confusion over whether to use Texian or Texan? or just poor local education into the Reconstruction Era? — LlywelynII 04:52, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
Currently makes the unsourced claim that "rights of its citizens had become increasingly curtailed, particularly regarding immigration"
This makes no sense, as the immigrants were not citizens. Especially the ones who arrived after the immigration ban of 1830.
Besides the immigrants, who were not citizens at all, exactly what rights was the government of Mexico taking away? Prominently the "right" to deprive black people of their rights.
The vast majority of the people "revolting" were in fact "foreign invaders" who had no rights to be in the nation at all.
It's really ironic for Texans to be so upset with Santa Anna for trying to close his borders. Apparently, trying to close the borders and liberate the slaves are moves of a tyrannical dictator. GalantFan ( talk) 04:00, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
Should we have add that Texas was supported by the United States? They provided lots of support to Texas and annexed them after 10 years. LuxembourgLover ( talk) 21:00, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
To be precise, none of the Texas Republic was recognized by Mexico. The "disputed territory" should be understood to include all territory claimed by Texas, up to the U. S. border. The Nueces may have been the border of the Mexican state, but at this time it was not a de facto institution. The map shows only Mexican settlement in the Texan claim, without showing population densities or military forces, which would be useful to know how firm a grip Mexico had to this territory.. 104.219.46.242 ( talk) 23:37, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Change “Texian” tó Texan. It is the correct demonyn. 136.33.60.55 ( talk) 00:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)