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.
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.
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives Roi Henri Premier ( King Henry) did not bring back slavery. “Corvée” is equal to low pay jobs we have anywhere. It was not slavery. It was obligatory, because the settlers never work, so the now free Haitians did want to work.
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives Dance forced them to pay to be Ramon free. A form of slavery. They paid the debt 122 years later and were pot as a result. Many countries including the US placers restrictions on trading with USA. Wanted Hait to be an example of failure
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives The French weren't as nice as the Spanish The Dominican Republic is well off, same ISLAND! Good youtube video on the difference
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives To pay off the French forced ransoming Haiti for lost slave labor revenue
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives Did you know that France forced Haiti to pay $21 Billion?
@EVhombre @AfricanArchives You don't know what you're talking about. Respect to King Henri Christophe for eternity. Now teach me about mariachi or give me a hand to get rid of the slave masters who came back to #Haiti 200yrs later for more blood. 🇭🇹