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   Kevin Russell (kevinrns@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Jun-2023 10:44:28 JST Kevin Russell

   You don't remember the Alamo.

   In April 1832, the Mexican government closed a loophole allowing settlers to reclassify their human chattel as indentured servants. This finally outlawed slavery, full stop.

   For Stephen Austin, this was the last straw. “Texas must be a slave country,” he wrote a friend, “circumstances and unavoidable necessity compels it.”

   #BLM #AmericanHistory #racism #economics