Subject: settler militiaman
Culture: Texian / Anglo-Texan
Setting: Texas 1824-1845
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* Anderson 2005 p41
"The debate over slavery helped formulate this new creed, but much of its bravado was drawn from a Celtic-influenced tradition heavily reliant on notions of honor. It became a point of southern honor to duel, to gamble, to engage in sport of any sort, and to fight to defend one's racial identity, self-esteem, and moral values. As violence toward blacks, Indians, and Tejanos escalated, racial hatred became compatible with honor. Indeed, the white man's honor, the black man's slavery, the Indian's savagery, and the Tejano's passivity and backwardness became embedded in this evolving Texas creed. The code of honor swept Texas into an ever deeper racial cauldron. Fistfights, duels, even the atrocious custom of lynching became honorable events. And the most honorable involved finding an Indian village and killing people -- men, women, and children."
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