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Uh, no.  When he moved to Coahuila y Tejas it was very much illegal in Mexico.   

Accepted in American society, and Mexico had plenty of indentured servants themselves, so their outlawing of slavery was fairly hypocritical. 

So ...

Monuments of slave owners == Acceptable

Civil War Monuments for Confederate Soldiers == Bad

Lets also try to keep in mind that many of the soldiers who fought in the civil war likely didn't even own slaves.

I'm not gonna pretend like slavery was anything besides what it was, abhorrent, but at some point when honoring the history of this country there's gotta be a line drawn. For all the faults the founding fathers may have had: owning slaves, discrimination against women, allowing only landowners to vote, they were still enlightened thinkers of their time, and they were still responsible for creating a Republic that was more representative of the people. I don't however, see it fit to honor soldiers or politicians who willingly sought to secede from the very Union they were supposed to have an oath to. Those are traitors in my book, and should be recognized as such. 

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"Traitors...etc."

Well, you might want to write your Congress persons, then.  Plenty of "honoring" going on courtesy of the Department of the Interior.  Ain't just a Texas or Denton thang.

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