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Texas Convention of 1836 Society. ; . .
. The newly elected Texian delegates to the Convention of 1836 quickly signed a Declaration of Independence on March 2 forming the Republic of Texas After electing interim officers the Convention disbanded the new government joined the other settlers in Texas in the Runaway Scrape fleeing from the approaching Mexican army. After several weeks of retreat the Texian Army commanded by Sam Houston attacked and defeated Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna was captured and forced to sign the Treaties of Velasco ending the war, (39) 103 Racial violence continued by whites against blacks as they enforced white supremacy Despite this freedmen pursued education organized new churches and fraternal organizations and entered politics winning local offices By the 1890s more than 100,000 blacks were voting in state elections in 1896 and 1898 Republican Robert B Hawley was elected to Congress from the state by a plurality when most white voters split between the Democratic and Populist parties Democrats were determined to end competition by Republicans and Populists and reviewed what other Southern states were doing to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites Mississippi's new constitution of 1890 had survived a Supreme Court case although in practice it was highly discriminatory against freedmen. . . The University of Texas at Arlington "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston battle of San Jacinto.
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