Slavery in New Spain
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Slavery in New Spain was based mainly on the importation of slaves from Central Africa and West Africa to work in the colony in the enormous plantations, ranches or mining areas of the viceroyalty, si
Slaves shipped to America from 1450 to 1800 by country
Slaves embarked to America from 1450 until 1866 by country
Slaves landed in Mexico by country from 1450 to 1810
Leather copy of the original of the bando of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla abolishing slavery in America
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor, commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Catholic priest and prominent
Slavery in New Spain
…again began to arrive at such sites. The abolition of slavery was part of the ideology of the insurgents during the Mexican War of Independence. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla directed that this provision was published by José María Anzorena on October 19, 1810, in Morelia, by Ignacio López Rayón in Tlalpujahua on October 24…
Corralejo, Pénjamo, Guanajuato, where Hidalgo was born
Etching depicting Hidalgo's portrait, on a pamphlet celebrating Mexican independence
Miguel Hidalgo proclaimed national independence in Dolores
Statue of Hidalgo in front of his church at Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato