What does being a former colony have to do with anything, when we had shaken off spanish rule ... 'colony' is not exactly the word for Nueva España, btw, the virreinato was more of a fiefdom, few spanish were ever here, and those who remained declared themselves mejicanos .... following the example of O'Donojú, whose name gives amusing evidence that he was actually irish
We are the indigenous of this continent ... mestizo yes sure, well aren't all humans, when you go back a few generations .... but we have a right to be here, to not be slaughtered by your Chivingtons, so yes, that's a very good guess why we prefer the Daniel Websters to the Jeffersons and Polks who supported the slavers
[edit] - here is the nub of the taking of Tejas -
' Sec. 9. All persons of color who were slaves for life previous to their
emigration to Texas, and who are now held in bondage, shall remain in the
like state of servitude; provided, the said slave shall be the bona fide
property of the person so holding said slave as aforesaid. Congress shall
pass no laws to prohibit emigrants from bringing their slaves into the republic
with them, and holding them by the same tenure by which such slaves were
held in the United States; nor shall congress have power to emancipate
slaves; nor shall any slave holder be allowed to emancipate his or her
slave or slaves without the consent of congress, unless he or she shall
send his or her slave or slaves without the limits of the republic. No free
person of African descent, either in whole or in part, shall be permitted to
reside permanently in the republic, without the consent of congress; and the
importation or admission of Africans or negroes into this republic, excepting
from the United States of America, is forever prohibited, and declared to be
piracy. '
texassovereignty.org
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' Contra la esclavitud
Durante el Virreinato, en toda América
había esclavos. Hidalgo ordenó en
Valladolid ponerlos en libertad. Después, en
diciembre de 1810, promulgó en
Guadalajara un bando aboliendo la
esclavitud. En los Estados Unidos ésta fue
suprimida hasta 1863. Aquí están los dos
primeros puntos del documento de Hidalgo
en Guadalajara:
1° Que todos los dueños de esclavos
deberán darles la libertad, dentro del
término de diez días, su pena de muerte.
2° Que cese para lo sucesivo la
contribución de tributos, respecto de las
castas que los pagaban, y toda exacción
(exigencia de impuestos) que a los indios
se les haga. '
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