Alamo – Page 2 – Mario Marcel Salas

The Shame at the Alamo: Mulattos Owned Black Slaves

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The Haitian Revolution eventually lead to complete liberation from the dictator Napoleon and French racist colonialism. The complete removal of white supremacy from Haiti took place in 1804 with the defeat of the French led by the Black general Toussaint L’Ouverture. This revolt represented the largest slave uprising against white supremacy and slavery in the…

Problems with the Alamo Story: The Facts are Ignored

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No one can honestly say that slavery had nothing to do with the Alamo when Whites were expected to respect slavery and the supposed inferiority of nonwhites. But they are trying with the way Alamo funds being spent to create a museum across the street from the Alamo. Recent criticism of this effort has revealed…

The Alamo City should become The River City

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No one can honestly say that slavery had nothing to do with the Alamo and Texas independence when whites were expected to respect slavery and the supposed inferiority of nonwhite people. The mission imposed upon whites in America was to accept the ideology of white supremacy. Not to accept this slave owner heritage would result…

Be Careful Who You Claim as A Hero!

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Be Careful Who You Claim as A Hero! Just because someone claims that some historical figure was a good guy doesn’t make it so. This is the case with Texas President Sam Houston and his less than humane views that was unfortunately defended by a few uneducated individuals. Sam Houston became the president of the…

Sam Houston a Hero? Don’t Make Me Laugh!

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Be Careful Who You Claim as A Hero! Just because someone claims that some historical figure was a good guy doesn’t make it so. This is the case with Texas President Sam Houston and his less than humane views that was unfortunately defended by a few uneducated individuals. Sam Houston became the president of the…

Remember This About The Alamo!

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Over the years the defenders of the Alamo have been touted as fighters for freedom and liberty for Texans. The recent release of the Alamo movie has prompted the most ridiculous tirade of bombastic misplaced hero worship seen in these parts in a long time. The Alamo defenders are portrayed as “freedom fighters,” when in…

Remember Fort Pillow, Forget the Alamo

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After Black soldiers were massacred at Fort Pillow by the eventual founder of the KKK, General Nathan Bedford Forest, there was a cry from black soldiers to “Remember Fort Pillow.” Unlike like the Battle of the Alamo, which is mostly fiction, the Fort Pillow Massacre which took place in Tennessee on April 12, 1864, was…

Tell the Truth about the Alamo

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Myths are not education, and are written to shore up those in power and subject the multitude to support whatever the established untruth is said to be. One of the biggest myths ever told has been the story of the Alamo. Those of us who were raised here had to listen to outright fabrications for…

Alamo Greed and Occupy Wall Street

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The recent Occupy Wall Street Movement has reached the San Antonio area and beyond as tens of millions of people have demonstrated against the greed of millionaires that have push our country into an abyss. The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the Tea Party as a bunch of fake politicians that are being bankrolled…

The Untrue Alamo

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Be Careful Who You Claim as A Hero! Various state governments do not want us to know the truth about fictional heroes. Texas is trying to do just that by trying to outlaw Black History. Just because someone claims that some historical figure was a good guy does not make it so. This is the…

Free Blacks in Texas were Mostly Ruined

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In the 1830, the Mexican government offered freedom, equality, and full rights to blacks that managed to escape the slaver army of Sam Houston. Many free blacks contributed their time and loyalty to Sam Houston only to be betrayed once Mexico was defeated. After Mexico was defeated free blacks were expelled from the state of…

Racist Lies: Yellow Rose of Texas was a Slave Song

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As a child I was told of the heroic action taken by the Alamo defenders and how they fought against a Mexican tyrant. It was later that I came to discount that idea, and that those “heroes” were actually unapologetic slave owners or pro-slavery men that came to San Antonio to institutionalize slavery on soil…