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 at the San Antonio School Board closure meeting held recently. Sam Houston became the president…

Without the myth, and looking at the significance of slavery and the Mexican abolition of slavery in 1829, the largely pro-slavery Texas settlers and the Republic of Mexico were headed for war. In a two volume work by Dr Phillip Tucker, the war for Texas independence is steeped in hidden facts that the public has…