The "Lone Star State's" Texas Revolution!

"The black experience in the years 1835 - 36 had a dualism unlike that of any other group in Texas society.


More snippets from Paul D. Lack's book, The Texas Revolutionary Experience.

Pages 263 - 265.

"The black experience in the years 1835 - 36 had a dualism unlike that of any other group in Texas society.

"Breakdowns in authority induced by war and rebellion gave slaves improved opportunity to seize freedom.

"Preservation of such gains required that blacks leave Texas with the Mexican army, a path chosen eagerly by many.

"The sudden collapse of the Mexican invasion effort prevented the disintegration of slavery, and the presence of the Anglo - American political order stimulated rapid growth of the institution in the decade after the Revolution.

"In response to those racial policies, black Texans continued to identify with Mexico as a land and force of freedom.

"Mexican military ventures in Texas and around the Rio Grande attracted ex - slave participation.

"Runaways and other blacks fought in Tejano - led uprisings and Mexican invasions.

"Even without direct Mexican assistance, runaways, especially those who fled in groups, sought their liberty in Mexico during the period of the Republic as they had during the Revolution.

"For Texans of Hispanic and African descent the outcome of the Texas Revolution was a sudden reversal of fortunes.

"Powerful racial and ethnic antagonisms -- expressed not only institutionally in slavery but also by custom in the form of endemic Tejano - Anglo hatred, suspicion, and conflict -- became fixed in the Texas identity during its brief experience of nationhood ..."

Interesting! Very, very sad, yet very, very interesting, huh??!! :)