Should We "Forget the Alamo"?: Myths, Slavery, and the Texas Revolution.

Here it might be helpful to pose a pair of questions: Absent aggressive moves by the Mexican government and military toward centralization in Coahuila and Texas, would Texians have rebelled in late 1835 over the status of slavery? 31 Randolph B. Campbell, I An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 i (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989), 48. 32 Declaration, Martin Perfecto de Cós, July 5, 1835, John W. Smith Papers, 1822-1934, Col 917, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas. And absent any threats to the status of slavery in Texas at that time, would Texians have rebelled over aggressive moves of the Mexican government and military toward centralization in Texas? It is not clear that Lack included Texas-born combatants in his tables.[76] Alamo defenders are included in the overall total of 3,685.) The presence of thirty-seven volunteers from Gonzales who died at the Alamo is another factor. [Extracted from the article]