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Texas wouldn’t exist as part of the United States if it weren’t for blacks. Or rather, for the desire by white American settlers to own them as slaves. Mexico’s abolition of slavery was a central - and I would argue the central - reason for the Texas War of Independence.

Really? And I differ with you.

I will grant to you that slavery was a minuscule part of the Texas War FOR Independence but not anywhere close the main issue to fight Santa Anna to be free and independent from his rule.

Firstly, there are numerous historical articles out that can and will not be disputed by liberal thinkers that the number one reason that the Texas War for Independence was fought was the laws laid down by the Mexican authority, Santa Anna on his "citizens" north of the Rio Bravo, namely the Texians. Whether you were brown, black, or white did not matter to him. He needed his remittance. They were enforced by the end of the sword or the end of a noose.

Secondly, the Texians were forced to become Catholics when they entered Tejas but these people were mainly Protestant. Coming from a country that fought a Revolutionary War over freedom of religion this ground on the Texians and was to become one of the sticking points. The Texians started openly practicing their Protestant religion and started to be attacked by the Mexican military over it.

Thirdly, was that the taxes and tithe was collected by the Mexican military. Again, this was representative of the British military collecting dues and tariffs for the King and again a throw back to what the Revolutionary War was fought over. The poor farmers and store keepers were be driven into destitution over these taxes ant tithe. After all Mexico had just gone through a revolt itself and need money to fill its coffers. They were drained from years of fighting and insurrections.

And finally, there were more freed blacks in Tejas than there were slaves. Texians were not allowed to bring slaves into Tejas, by order of the Mexican Government, when they became Mexican Citizens. Sure some were gotten in but the point is that Tejas was a freed slave province. Any escaped slave from the South made his or her way to Tejas. The Texas Historical Association and others back this. They also back that most of the black freed men took part in the Revolution and felt it was their duty to fight the Mexicans because this was their land as much as the other white Texians. That is why we remember Sam McCulloch Jr. one of the first freed men to fire a shot in the Texas Revolution.