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all slave-owning white bigots (which most of them were) and that the Texans only revolted to protect their slaves.

That would be false. During the 1835-36 time period, Santa Ana was consolidating political power under an authoritarian central government led by him.

The men who attacked the Alamo had busied themselves earlier that year and before squashing regional revolts by other Mexican rebels and massacring the survivors of losing battles of those who fought to resist. Santa Ana’s army had earlier squashed rebellion in Mexico’s Zacatecas state. FYI, Zacatecas is notably non-Anglo and is and was non-English speaking.

Too many progressives and Latino activists try to recast Santa Ana as some sort of proto-Juarez. That Santa Ana was not. He was an authoritarian strongman allied with Mexico’s wealthy and landowning classes. When the great Benito Juarez overthrew the conservatives in 1857, Santa Ana was NOT invited to return from exile.

I like the idea of Latino heroes. I admire Benito Juarez. I admire many Mexican presidents. But Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana ain’t one of them and IMO doesn’t deserve to be.