Padre Miguel Hidalgo and slavery

I hate to counter information that I have not double checked, and tripled
check. However, I feel compelled to comment regarding slavery in Mexico,
and Latin America, particularly African slaves.

I am a Fullbright, having studied in Africa. This was an amazing
experience, one filled with more questions, and one filled wishing to have a
multitude of lives to discover the many truths - such as all of us, as historians
who wish to know more about our ancestry.

In my fog of memories...during the many hours of education in African
universities, I thought I remembered that while Spain and Portugal may have been
the first to officially abolish slavery - it continued to exist south of
the equator (1819), as relates to African importation, particularly from
those areas in Africa that were south of the equator. So....while Ghana may
no longer have been involved, such nations as Angola and others continued
in the slave industry....endorsed by Spain, Portugal, and continued passage
into the U.S, as their port of entry was the Caribbean. Even the U.S.
civil rights and Britain's formal abolishment of slavery did not take effect
well into the early 1900's.

A movement regarding slavery had already begun....and technically, legally,
there existed a movement against the African importation of slaves. But
that doesn't mean a revolution had not already begun. And it did, in all
North American nations and colonies.....at different intervals.

One must consider the world powers at the time....each European nation was
trying to diminish their competitor's world power, all economically
dependent upon the conquered land and its' imported labor.

If I appear to ramble, I apologize....like others, the African diaspora was
a major interest in university studies as I had suspected my own heritage
based upon a myriad of factors, all of which were verified.

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