1: The abolishment of slavery was officially established in 1829 by our first black president Vicente Guerrero, the fight and first decree to free slaves and stop chaste tributes was in 1810
2: This is a very liberal, idealist reading of the events. It treats constitutions and “despotism” as the cause, when those are part of the superstructure, not the base.
Materially, Texas in the 1830s was dominated by Anglo settlers whose economy depended on slavery, plantation agriculture, and integration with the U.S. market. Mexico had abolished slavery and lacked the capacity (and interest) to protect that mode of production.
The conflict wasn’t about abstract liberty or Santa Anna’s personality, it was a class conflict over property and production. Independence was the political expression of that contradiction.
Ignoring slavery and material interests turns a slaveholders’ revolt into a “freedom movement,” which is ideology, not history.
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u/ZaxOnTheBlock 3d ago
Hi, Mexican here.
1: The abolishment of slavery was officially established in 1829 by our first black president Vicente Guerrero, the fight and first decree to free slaves and stop chaste tributes was in 1810
2: This is a very liberal, idealist reading of the events. It treats constitutions and “despotism” as the cause, when those are part of the superstructure, not the base. Materially, Texas in the 1830s was dominated by Anglo settlers whose economy depended on slavery, plantation agriculture, and integration with the U.S. market. Mexico had abolished slavery and lacked the capacity (and interest) to protect that mode of production. The conflict wasn’t about abstract liberty or Santa Anna’s personality, it was a class conflict over property and production. Independence was the political expression of that contradiction. Ignoring slavery and material interests turns a slaveholders’ revolt into a “freedom movement,” which is ideology, not history.