The Free and Independent State of Texas

Episode 7 of Brandon Seale's podcast series on the Battle of Medina.On April 6, 1813, Texas declared its independence, having momentarily rid the province of all traces of Spanish control. Eleven days later, the new Texas government promulgated a constitution, drawing from both Spanish civil and Anglo-American natural law traditions. Unfortunately, a horrific series of executions of captured Spanish officers nearly ripped the Republican Army apart at its seams, just as a Royalist army of retribution came sneaking up the Camino Real.The research team starts digging at the suspected site of the Republican camp the night before the battle. What they learn while digging may be even more important than what they find!Selected Bibliography1813 Texas Declaration of Independence.Anonymous. “Memoria de las cosas más notables…”Bernsen, James A. The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811 (2024).De la Teja, Jesús F. San Antonio de Béxar: A Community on New Spain's Northern Frontier (1996).Folsom, Bradley. Arredondo: Last Spanish Ruler of Texas and Northeastern New Spain (2017).Martínez De Vara, Art. Tejano Patriot (2020).Menchaca, Antonio. Memoirs (1937).Navarro, José Antonio. “The Memoirs of José Antonio Navarro, Originally Appearing in the San Antonio Ledger in 1853.”Schwarz, Ted, and Robert H. Thonhoff. Forgotten Battlefield of the First Texas Revolution: The Battle of Medina, August 18, 1813. (1985).Texas State Historical Association. The Handbook of Texas Online.Tijerina, Andrés. Tejanos and Texas under the Mexican Flag, 1821-1836 (1994).www.BrandonSeale.com