Slavery wasn't illegal in Mexico back then. THEY HAD A DICTATOR! THEY WERE ALL SLAVES UNDER SANTA ANA! Geez. Texas threw off those shackles with the sacrifice of as many 'Mexican' lives as 'Anglo' lives.

I live in Tx and celebrated Juneteenth today. It's a great holiday and should be THE national black holiday in the US. This is a GREAT day of celebration in TX, and no other state seems to have a day similar to it.