Ep. 91: The Secret Court of the Republic of Texas

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

Texan, Places & Travel, Education, Texas, Cowboy, History, Society & Culture, Culture, Jacinto, Texans, San

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🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In April, 1836, Texas went to war with the United States by capturing an American ship in the service of Mexico. After the battle of San Jacinto, an international relations nightmare loomed. President David Burnet had to find some way to hold a trial. Without a constitution, laws, courts or judges, Burnet took matters into his own hands and created the Judicial District of Brazos. Judge Benjamin Cromwell Franklin decided the case, then kept the court open! Before the people elected a president or the first congress met, Texas had a judiciary. Hear about the first court of the Republic of Texas in this episode of Wise About Texas.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise about Texas, the Texas History Podcast. This is your host, Ken Wise. I want to thank you for
0:15.2	listening to this podcast, and thanks for tuning in today for a little Texas history. This
0:20.0	episode is being recorded and released in September of 2020.
0:26.3	College football is about to start a little bit different this year with the government
0:32.2	restrictions, but we're going to play some college football
0:35.9	which is I think we can all agree the greatest sport. I hope everybody is getting back into the swing of the school year also changed a little bit with all of the restrictions
0:47.1	That the government is implemented
0:49.7	But we hope that your kids especially your Texas history students are back at it.
0:56.2	I have a lot of Texas history teachers that listen to this podcast and use this podcast in
1:01.3	their classrooms probably more this fall than any other time given the
1:05.5	situation that we're in with the pandemic. But I want to pay tribute to all those teachers
1:10.3	because it's a lot different than any teachers used to or expected
1:16.4	with all these pandemic restrictions. So thank you teachers for what you're
1:19.5	doing. I'm hearing from a lot of you and I really appreciate all your efforts.
1:24.0	Also I mentioned to all the parents who have all of a sudden become teachers.
1:28.0	With all the activities the kids have to do at home, I have teenagers, one middle school, one high school, and
1:35.0	we're having virtual school and some in person and I know it's a crazy time.
1:39.2	But any of you Texas history teachers that listen to this podcast that me can use a little bit of help.
1:45.7	I'm happy to Zoom with any Texas History classes out there.
1:49.3	I've done so with college classes, with seventh grade classes, haven't tried it with fourth grade yet, but any
1:56.4	Texas history teachers listening that want to put me to work, I can definitely make
2:01.0	some time to meet with your class and talk about Texas history.
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