Afro-Mexicans, also known as Black Mexicans, are Mexicans of total or predominantly African ancestry. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Af
Monument to Gaspar Yanga, founder of the first free town of escaped slaves in North America. The settlement is now known as Yanga, Veracruz.
Parts of the fort complex at San Juan de Ulúa were built by enslaved West Africans and indigenous Mexicans. In 2017, the fort and the town of Yanga were declared "Sites of Memory" by INAH and UNESCO as part of The Slave Route Project.
Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés. The Spaniards are accompanied by native porters, Malinche and a black man who may be Juan Garrido. Codex Azcatitlan.
Casta painting of a Spaniard, a Negra and a Mulatto. José de Alcíbar. 18th c.
Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 31 states that compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 85 municipalities. The state has a population
Afro-Mexicans
…not predominant African ancestry. These are mostly concentrated in specific communities, including populations in the states of Oaxaca, Michoacán, Guerrero, and Veracruz. Throughout the century following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire of 1519, a significant number of African slaves were brought…
Tehuacalco archaeological zone
Two figures from the Xochipala archeological site
Santa Prisca church in Taxco
Hasekura Tsunenaga, the samurai who led the Japanese delegation to Mexico