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Thomas Hurt

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2. Some of those that were, renounced their US citizenship and swore fealty to Mexico...

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:00 PM

Aug 2021

only to rebel against them. I always found that interesting. These weren't in it for patriotism or manifest destiny. They were in for the cash, it was about a going concern built on the backs of slaves of course.

Other Americans were just illegal immigrants squatting in Mexican territory.

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