In 1829, Vicente Guerrero abolished slavery in Mexico. This scared Texans because they wanted to keep their slaves, which helped them with their agricultural needs. When the Mexican government started giving out stricter regulations on slavery, Texans ignored them and persisted on keeping slaves. Thus resulting in the Battle of the Alamo, Texas wanting to protect their slaves, while Mexico wanting to keep their lands free from slavery. The people protecting the Alamo were slave owners and pro-slavery men, while men fighting for Mexico were Black Mexican soldiers. The Battle of the Alamo image is built upon lies and deceit by glorifying the heroes of the Alamo and blurring over the ugly truth about slavery. This is not generally known due to
