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1-29-17
The Forgotten First Attempt to Plant a Colony on US Soil
by William Loren Katz
Shockingly (or not) it was accompanied by the establishment of slavery. First the Spanish enslaved Indians, then blacks.
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SOURCE: FoxNews
2-21-13
Besieged commander's 'Victory or Death' letter returns to the Alamo for first time
A plea for help penned in 1836 by the commander of the besieged rebel Texas forces at the Alamo, in which he vowed "Victory or Death," returns to old Spanish mission for the first time Friday. William Barret Travis' famous letter to "the People of Texas and All Americans in the World," will get a police escort from the state archive in Austin to the Alamo, which is now in the heart of downtown San Antonio. The weathered, single-page letter will go on display for two weeks, starting this weekend, and will be kept in a special display cabinet and given round-the-clock guards....
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