Extranjeros en la propia patria - Juan N. Seguín : los tejanos y las guerras de independencia de México y Texas

Resumen

The paper analyses how the Mexican Texans (téjanos) related to the Mexican War of
Independence, what role thy played in the borderland region, and why some of them decided to support
the Anglo-American immigrants in their War of Independence against Mexico in 1836. The study is
primarily based on the results of American historiography and the memoirs and correspondence of one of
the most influential and controversial téjanos, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. He was an outspoken critic of
the centralist policies of Santa Anna, the Mexican president and supported the Texans' demand for
more self-government. He fought in the regular army of Texas against the Mexicans, and after gaining
independence was elected to the Senate of the new republic and twice won election as mayor of San
Antonio. Then, however, as thousands of American newcomers arrived in Texas, he gradually became
„a foreigner in his native land" and was forced to leave his homeland andflee to Mexico.