Catarina de San Juan and the Trans-Pacific Slave Trade Posted January 28, 2024March 9, 2024 Robert BittoLeave a commentPosted in Little-Known History An enslaved woman from India found herself living 10,000 miles away from home in 1600s colonial Mexico.
Gaspar Yanga and the Mexican Slave Revolt of 1609 Posted September 1, 2019 Robert BittoLeave a commentPosted in Little-Known History In the early 1600s, an escaped slave rebelled against Spain and created an independent self-governing region in Veracruz.
Afro-Mexicans, a Hidden Heritage Posted January 22, 2018 Robert Bitto3 CommentsPosted in Little-Known History The legacy of Africans in Mexico goes back 500 years.