Useful Links
We've Been Telling the Alamo Story Wrong for Nearly 200 Years. Now It's Time to Correct the Record
https://time.com/6072141/alamo-history-myths/
The myth of Alamo gets the history all wrong: Instead of a heroic stance for freedom, Texans fought to be able to enslave people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/10/myth-alamo-gets-history-all-wrong/
https://time.com/6072141/alamo-history-myths/
The myth of Alamo gets the history all wrong: Instead of a heroic stance for freedom, Texans fought to be able to enslave people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/10/myth-alamo-gets-history-all-wrong/
Tejano Heroes of the Texas Revolution
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/tejano-heroes-texas-revolution
The Forgotten Sacrifices of Tejanos in Texas' Fight
http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/archives/newsarch/tejano.html
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/tejano-heroes-texas-revolution
The Forgotten Sacrifices of Tejanos in Texas' Fight
http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/archives/newsarch/tejano.html
Book: “Forget the Alamo”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-06-01/when-will-america-finally-dismantle-its-racist-myths-two-powerful-new-books-try
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-06-01/when-will-america-finally-dismantle-its-racist-myths-two-powerful-new-books-try
Primary Sources
The following are among the most referenced of early Texas documents. They have earned a prominent place in the rich history of Texas in the ninteenth century.
https://texasproud.com/early-texas-documents/
Santa Anna to McArdle, March 16, 1874
Letter Explaining Why the Alamo Defenders Had to Be Killed
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/republic/alamo/santa-anna-letter-01.html
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/texas-declaration-independence-1836
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; February 2, 1848
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/guadhida.asp
A plea to defend the Alamo, 1836
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by William Travis
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/plea-defend-alamo-1836
Politics and the Texas Revolution, 1836
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Henry W. Smith
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/politics-and-texas-revolution-1836
https://texasproud.com/early-texas-documents/
Santa Anna to McArdle, March 16, 1874
Letter Explaining Why the Alamo Defenders Had to Be Killed
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasures/republic/alamo/santa-anna-letter-01.html
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/texas-declaration-independence-1836
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; February 2, 1848
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/guadhida.asp
A plea to defend the Alamo, 1836
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by William Travis
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/plea-defend-alamo-1836
Politics and the Texas Revolution, 1836
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Henry W. Smith
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/politics-and-texas-revolution-1836