Historian Seth Cotlar was among those who responded to Abbott's signing statement with posts about the state's history of encouraging settlement by slave owners and its decision to secede from the Union in response to northern states' hostility to the "beneficent and patriarchal system of African slavery." Given the long history of organized efforts to imbue Texas textbooks with right-wing political ideology and the current right-wing propaganda campaign against "critical race theory," it seems likely that this committee will be a vehicle to advance those ideas, though the legislation creating the project does give a nod to a broader perspective.

Texas gets it right again!  

To kick off this wonderful history project,  let me offer some excerpts from the Texas declaration of secession

DECLARATION OF CAUSES: February 2, 1861
A declaration of the causes which impel the State of Texas to secede from the Federal Union.
 

....Texas abandoned her separate national existence and consented to become one of the Confederated States to promote her welfare, insure domestic tranquility [sic] and secure more substantially the blessings of peace and liberty to her people. She was received into the confederacy with her own constitution, under the guarantee of the federal constitution and the compact of annexation, that she should enjoy these blessings.

She was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery--the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits--a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which her people intended should exist in all future time.

The Federal Government, while but partially under the control of these our unnatural and sectional enemies, has for years almost entirely failed to protect the lives and property of the people of Texas against the Indian savages on our border, and more recently against the murderous forays of banditti from the neighboring territory of Mexico; and when our State government has expended large amounts for such purpose, the Federal Government has refused reimbursement therefor, thus rendering our condition more insecure and harrassing than it was during the existence of the Republic of Texas.

In all the non-slave-holding States, in violation of that good faith and comity which should exist between entirely distinct nations, the people have formed themselves into a great sectional party, now strong enough in numbers to control the affairs of each of those States, based upon the unnatural feeling of hostility to these Southern States and their beneficent and patriarchal system of African slavery, proclaiming the debasing doctrine of the equality of all men, irrespective of race or color--a doctrine at war with nature, in opposition to the experience of mankind, and in violation of the plainest revelations of the Divine Law. They demand the abolition of negro slavery throughout the confederacy, the recognition of political equality between the white and the negro races, and avow their determination to press on their crusade against us, so long as a negro slave remains in these States.

.....We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.

That in this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations; while the destruction of the existing relations between the two races, as advocated by our sectional enemies, would bring inevitable calamities upon both and desolation upon the fifteen slave-holding States.

By the secession of six of the slave-holding States, and the certainty that others will speedily do likewise, Texas has no alternative but to remain in an isolated connection with the North, or unite her destinies with the South.

For these and other reasons, solemnly asserting that the federal constitution has been violated and virtually abrogated by the several States named, seeing that the federal government is now passing under the control of our enemies to be diverted from the exalted objects of its creation to those of oppression and wrong, and realizing that our own State can no longer look for protection, but to God and her own sons--We the delegates of the people of Texas, in Convention assembled, have passed an ordinance dissolving all political connection with the government of the United States of America and the people thereof and confidently appeal to the intelligence and patriotism of the freemen of Texas to ratify the same at the ballot box, on the 23rd day of the present month.

Adopted in Convention on the 2nd day of Feby, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one and of the independence of Texas the twenty-fifth.

SOURCE:
Winkler, Ernest William, ed. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861, Edited From the Original in the Department of State.... Austin: Texas Library and Historical Commission, 1912, pp. 61-65.

and that folks is my contribution to the Texas ' 1836 Project. No need for them to thank me. 

What's all the word salad have to due with the present?  How is teaching a corrupted and controversial interpretation of history of any value to today's students, when the grades and scores continue to fall behind those of other developed nations. It appears anyone who promotes this bigoted pap wants to further divide the people.

Texas Creates '1836 Project' To Promote 'Patriotic Education' And 'Christian Heritage'

I'm sure that will be greatly appreciated by America's Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Indians...and especially by America's Atheists, Agnostics, etc., etc!

/sarcasm

One nation, under God, with Liberty and Justice...for some!

(But not for others...at least in states run by the MAGA-idiots, such as Texas, Florida, etc, etc)

hough the legislation creating the project does give a nod to a broader perspective.

Whoops.  Undermines the whole tenor of this far left hit piece.

The last thing CRT or it's proponents want is any sort of broad perspective.  

Whoops.  Undermines the whole tenor of this far left hit piece.

Why do you assume that so many religious folks (devout Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, American Indians, etc, etc), are all "Far Leftists"?

sume that so many religious folks (devout Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, American Indians, etc, etc), are all "Far Leftists"?

Why do make up things? 

I must have missed the section in this list

 It calls for the project to "promote awareness among residents of this state of the following as they relate to the history of prosperity and democratic freedom in this state":

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(A) Texas history, including the indigenous peoples of this state, the Spanish and Mexican heritage of this state, Tejanos, the African-American heritage of this state, the Texas War for Independence, Juneteenth, annexation of Texas by the United States, the Christian heritage of this state, and this state's heritage of keeping and bearing firearms in defense of life and liberty and for use in hunting;

(B) the founding documents of this state;

(C) the founders of this state;

(D) state civics; and

(E) the role of this state in passing and reauthorizing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.), highlighting:

(i) President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the act;

(ii) President George W. Bush's 25-year extension of the act; and

(iii) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's successful efforts to broaden the act to include Spanish-speaking communities;

that refers to the Texas legislature saying this in 1861 (well after 1836)

We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.

That in this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations;

Probably just an oversight, right? 

Looking at the list , it seems they want to acknowledge slavery ended (Juneteenth) without ever acknowledging that they perpetrated it. But even worse, they dont intend to acknowledge that Texas itself claimed to be founded on white supremacy. 

Sean, are they going to teach that in the 1836 Project, or not? 

So in your fantasy version of this, Texas will emphasize freeing the slaves, but ignore the existence of slavery and the Civil War? That's what you imagine this law will force Texans to be taught?

The document that severed Texas tie with the Union in 1861 is a big part of Texas history, no? 

In that document Texas virtually brags about the fact that Texas was founded on the basis of white supremacy . When (not if) the 1836 Project leaves that inconvenient fact out of their material, how will the 1836 Project be any more honest than what you believe the 1619 Project to be? 

You should read the actual law.

Talk about a tempest in a tea pot.

All this project will do is create a pamphlet to be given to new Texans at the DMV. 

That's about it. 

capitol.texas

"1836 Project" is in the official name of the bill. Are you trying to say there is no project but just a thing where a few platitudes will be passed on to those with new drivers licenses? 

Did they name it the "1836 Project" just to throw shade at the "1619 Project"? I suppose thats possible but I have a feeling there is going to be more to it than just a pamphlet at the DMV. 

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The state was founded on the principle of white supremacy . The Texas legislature told us that in 1861, so I assume that will be in the pamphlet. 

pose thats possible but I have a feeling there is going to be more to it than just a pamphlet at the DMV. 

The law authorizes a pamphlet to be made. That's it.

(E) the role of this state in passing and reauthorizing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.), highlighting:

(i) President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the act;

(ii) President George W. Bush's 25-year extension of the act; and

(iii) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's successful efforts to broaden the act to include Spanish-speaking communities;

Funny they don't mention the supreme court gutting it.

I wonder if this information will be taught or in the handouts, pamphlets or how every they are going to disseminate this historical information.

A good deal of recent research has been applied to killings of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in South Texas, especially during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Among the best books about this brutal period is “The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas” by Monica Muñoz Martinez. Another powerful book that expands on Muñoz Martinez’s subject and links events such as the Porvenir Massacre in West Texas in 1918 with the Sherman Courthouse Riot in North Texas in 1930 is “Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers” by Doug Swanson.

There is another that they should cover as well, ''The Lynching in Texas Project.''

A fine bunch of Christians all.

"patriotic education"

Is nothing more than Patriotism 4 Dummies propaganda ... China mastered it between 1991 and 1994. I'm sure they can provide Texas with some pointers.