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TTVmeatce t1_ja41f3z wrote

Reply to comment by quaffi0 in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy

yeah a sacrifice was made in the name of slavery fuck all those dudes

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pizza_engineer t1_ja43et2 wrote

Yep.

Sherman’s only mistake was not turning west after Savannah.

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Recipe-Opposite t1_ja4j6rc wrote

Prove it.

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Jeramus t1_ja5eio2 wrote

Prove what? Mexico had already abolished slavery and the Texas white colonists had slaves. Texas also joined the Confederacy 30 years later. The Texas Revolution was in large part a fight to preserve slavery.

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