I also grew up in Texas in the 90s and during our Texas History courses, they liked to sweep under the rug that that Texas independence was basically because the Mexican govt outlawed slavery on 1829 and didn’t want anyone owning slaves or bringing more over anymore.
Re: the Civil War, there was LOTS of “lost cause” and “states rights” apologist language in our text books. The teachers didn’t really dwell on that but the books did.
I also grew up in Texas in the 90s and during our Texas History courses, they liked to sweep under the rug that that Texas independence was basically because the Mexican govt outlawed slavery on 1829 and didn’t want anyone owning slaves or bringing more over anymore.
Re: the Civil War, there was LOTS of “lost cause” and “states rights” apologist language in our text books. The teachers didn’t really dwell on that but the books did.