Congressman Lincoln and the return of the wooden leg of General Santa Anna

[Troy Cowan]

I would like to add my opinion.


We in Texas are proud of the Alamo and the freedom fighters that died for Texas independence. Unfortunately, the story is a lie.

About 1830 the Mexican government wanted to populate its northern territories. They invited foreigners to move into their northern territories if they would swear allegiance to Mexico. Many Americans took up their offer and moved to the northern territories. Many of these Americans brought their slaves with them. Slavery offended the Mexican conscience and Mexico ordered the slave holders to release their slaves. The slave holders refused to release their slaves and sought annexation by a slavery allowing country--the U.S.

The U.S. was considering annexing northern Mexico, when Mexico not wanting war gave the land north of Corpus Christi (North of the Nueces river) to the Americans. Then the U.S. annexed the entire land north of the Rio Grande (Brownsville). The U.S. took the land between Corpus Christi and Brownsville like a thief in the night.

President Polk sent General Taylor and his soldiers to occupy this area of disputed land to let Mexico know that the land between Brownsville and Corpus Christi now belonged to the U.S. Mexican troops tried to expel the Americans and several Americans were killed. President Polk said that American blood was shed on American soil and that a state of war now existed between Mexico and the U.S. The Mexican American war had begun.

That brings us back to the Alamo. The men and boys that died at the Alamo, died so that the slave owners could keep their slaves.