Green, as it happens. From Nickelodeon's segment on the history of the Alamo:
By the early 1800s, most of the people living in San Antonio were white farmers who brought their slaves with them.I guess this answers the question of whether Texas is part of the South or not. From now on, you are -- you've been consigned to the "evil slaveholding" part of America, whose every motive before about 1970 must be assumed to be racism. Having seen this train of thought work itself out in several other places, allow me to assure my history-loving Texas readers that they will require a steady supply of antacids henceforth. You have my sympathies for that, but I suppose you had to be punished for giving American Mr. G.W. Bush.
In 1829, Mexico abolished slavery and what followed was years of conflict between white farmers who wanted to keep their slaves and Mexican authorities.
This conflict led up to the battle for the Alamo.
Hat tip: NRO.
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