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March 25, 2021

Today in Texas history
Texas force decimated after Black Bean Lottery in Salado, Tamaulipas State, Mexico

By Bandera Spirits of Texas

On March 25, 1843, 17 Texans were executed at Salado, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
As the members of the defeated Mier expedition were being marched from Mier to Mexico City, they attempted a mass escape on Feb. 11. Some 176 were recaptured, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna ordered that one in 10 of the prisoners be shot.
The victims were chosen by a lottery in which each man drew a bean from an earthen jar containing 176 beans, 17 of which were black.
This event has come to be known as the Black Bean Episode. The bodies were returned to Texas and are buried on Monument Hill at La Grange, Fayette County.
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