Juneteeth celebrates the day that the slaveowners in Texas were forced, at bayonet point, to recognize that the Civil War was over and that their slaves were free. They knew the war was over, of course, but they hung onto their slaves until they couldn't.
That's one thing.
The other thing is the big lie over Texas's war of independence. For it seems that it was yet another war fought over the desire of rich white southerners to own slaves, as Mexico had abolished slavery and the rich white Texans wanted to own them. So when you see or read crap about "Remember the Alamo", keep in mind that it was a fight by slavers over abolitionists. Which is why the Mexicans let the two Black men who survived the fight 9one a slave, the other free) leave unmolested.
Very Bad Reception, Part 24
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Look for the book "Forget the Alamo: the rise and fall of an American myth," by three Texas historians. It details how the myth of the Alamo developed and how Texas really came to be. The whole fight with Mexico was over slavery; when Mexico became its own country, they outlawed slavery, but Texicans, recent white immigrants to Texas, wanted to keep it. It's an excellent, fascinating book. I'd almost read it again!
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