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Well in the US we focus on why we needed them. I learned more about cotton and tabacco then actual slavery. I also grew up in Tennessee and learned the KKK protected poor southern women. They also kept the peace. This was in the mid-90s at about 13 yrs old.
Similar in Texas.
I took Texas history in college. Never mentioned slavery, it was more of a "we grew a lot of cotton during the 19th century."
In my middle school they tired to "highlight" other grievances with Mexico in regard to our independence. Rereading as an adult it is more of a microcosm of lost cause stuff. Mexico had done away with slavery and independence was a way to bring it back.