Mexico abolished slavery in 1829. Enslaved people were escaping to Mexico. The U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty to return escapees but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil. —Did you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico? Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico. —To date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery. —Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento. —Slave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.
@AfricanArchives Vincente Guerrero, this half black Mexican was the president of Mexico in 1829, he abolished slavery
@AfricanArchives And some of them were Black Seminoles whose African and Gullah Geechee ancestors escaped from the rice plantations of South Carolina. They spoke/speak a Gullah dialect. Learn about their journey to Mexico here. glc.yale.edu/sites/default/…
@AfricanArchives Why did God make people who want to enslave other people? Did he not stop the slavery
@AfricanArchives Has the whole population died off or something? Two words that I NEVER hear together, Black and Mexican. To say that things have changed would be a tremendous understatement!!! Now....I've seen some really dark Mexicans but I doubt if they call themselves Black.
Did you know that King Henry the 1st of Haiti (1811) brought back forced labor known as “corvée?” Built palaces and raised revenue with agriculture production with his forced labor, mainly sugar. Seems like Haiti has struggled with corrupt leaders for most of their independent history.
@AfricanArchives Yet Today, A black owned business can not put in a proposal or Bid for any government work in Mexico.. The Mexican government does not feel Black owned businesses are able to do the jobs and finish them ..
@AfricanArchives And now 200 years later, 6% of the US population commit over 50% of all crime. You’ve come a long way.
@AfricanArchives I did my DNA and found that I am part black from Mexico. Vera Cruz was a port of entry for the slave trade into Mexico. Many Mexicans don’t know that they are native Mexicans and black ♥️