MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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They were all executed.
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Only officers were executed.
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Those who carried loaded weapons were executed.
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They drew beans out of a mug and those with black beans were executed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -These men were attacked a mile and a half from the scene of the battle and killed in what came to be known as the Dawson Massacre. Woll drew his men back to San Antonio and retreated to Mexico by September 20.
Detailed explanation-2: -In September, they were transferred to Perote Prison, a highly secure stone fortress East of Mexico City. Here, they either died, escaped, or remained until the last of the group was released on September 14, 1844.
Detailed explanation-3: -The other sixteen who drew black beans in the lottery were William Mosby Eastland, Patrick Mahan, James M. Ogden, James N. Torrey, Martin Carroll Wing, John L. Cash, Robert Holmes Dunham, Edward E. Este, Robert Harris, Thomas L. Jones, Christopher Roberts, William N. Rowan, James L. Shepherd, J. N. M.
Detailed explanation-4: -On March 25, 1843, the prisoners were forced to draw from a jar containing 159 white beans and 17 black beans. At dusk that day, those unlucky enough to draw a black bean were shot to death, as was Cameron as the leader of the escapees. The remaining prisoners were put to work on a road gang.