A way for fugitive slaves to escape to Canada.
Roman Catholic is the main religion, the people in Southern Spain are very religious.
The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo, to settlers in Mexican Texas. The letter is renowned as a "declaration of defiance" and a "masterpiece of American patriotism", and forms part of the history education of Texas schoolchildren.