History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 264
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
The American portion of the population of Coahuila and
Texas had, in lieu thereof, the institution of slavery, which oc-
cupied a peculiar position under the state and federal laws.
The constitution of Coahuila and Texas made it what is
technically called " a free state." It provided specially, that
"from and after the promulgation of the constitution in the
capital of each district, no one should be born a slave in the
state ; and, after six months, the introduction of slaves, under
any pretext, should not be permittedd" * The state congress,
in pursuance of this provision, required the several ayunta-
mientos to take a list of the names, ages, and sex of the ne-
groes in their municipalities, at the end of six months from the
promulgation of the constitution ; and also to keep a register
of all slaves born in the state after its publication. The death
of slaves was likewise to be noted in the register. The owners
of slaves, dying without children, made the slaves free ; and,
when they had children, the tenth part of the slaves were to
be free.t This decree further required that free children born
of slaves should receive the best education that could be given
them.$
It was provided by another decree, passed in 1827, that any
slave who, for convenience, wished to change his master, could
do so, provided the new master would pay the old one the
amount he gave for him, as stated in the bill of sale.j
Meanwhile, in the capital of Mexico, the usual scenes of an-
archy and bloodshed were transpiring. At the close of Presi-
dent Victoria's term there was a most excited contest between
the two political parties in regard to his successor. The re-
publican or federal party brought forward Vincent Oerrero,
* Article 13, Constitution. f Decree No. 18.
$ If it was only intended that the free negro children should have an educa-
tion equal to that of children free born, it was literally complied with-for the
matter was wholly neglected! I Decree No. 35._ _
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/272/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.