Episode 16 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Republic of the Rio Grande.Fiery San Antonian José María Carvajal refuses to give up the dream of a northeastern Mexican republic, only to be defeated by his old commander, Antonio Canales. Carvajal - and his reputation - recover in the turmoil of the French Intervention, however, and he rises to his own moment in the sun as the regional hegemon of Tamaulipas. For a few years.Photo: Arista's Campaign Map, 1840, Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin.Selected BibliographyAnna, Timothy E. Forging Mexico: 1821-1835 (1998).Casa Blanca Articles of ConventionDe la Garza, Lorenzo. Dos Hermanos Heroes (1939).Gallegos, Juan José. “Last Drop of My Blood: Col. Antonio Zapata: A Life and Times on México’s Río Grande Frontier, 1797-1840.”Lack, Paul D. Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande (2022).Lott, Virgil N. and Mercurio Martinez. The Kingdom of Zapata (1953).Nance, Joseph. After San Jacinto: The Texas Mexican Frontier, 1836-1841 (1970).Plan del Rancho de Puntiagudo. University of St. Andrews.Vázquez, Josefina Zoraida. La Supuesta República del Río Grande (1995).www.BrandonSeale.com

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