No American blacks or Jews at the Alamo In terms of ethnicity among the Texian defenders 13 were native born Texians with 11 of these 13 being of Mexican descent The rest of the Alamo defenders consisted of 41 men born in Europe two Jews two blacks and the remainder were Americans from states other than Texas Santa Anna s forces were a conglomeration of former Spanish citizens Spanish Mexican mestizos and indigenous Mexicans 4 The way this is written the blacks and Jews weren t Americans or can someone help me understand how it was meant