1829 Mexico abolished slavery in 1829 when Texas was still part of the country, in part prompting white, slave-holding immigrants to fight for independence in the Texas Revolution. Once they formed the Republic of Texas in 1836, they made slavery legal again, ...
True, there was some Mexican American elites who owned slaves. There were also poor Mexican Americans who helped slaves in mid-1800s escape to Mexico...where slavery was outlawed #UndergroundRailroadtoMexicohttps://twitter.com/Esqincharge/status/1272703342691717122 …
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and it continued to be legal when Texas joined the U.S. as a state in 1845.http://www.history.com/news/underground-railroad-mexico-escaped-slaves …
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I never listen to bogus critiques about slavery in Mexico. The Mexican people fought & died for independence and *to end* slavery. We as a people settled the slave issue on our own. We don't need woke American critics who were late to the game on civil rights to try to divide us.
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That is partially true, there was some kind of slavery in places like Yucatan at the beginning of the XX century
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The descendants of escaped slaves in Mexico even helped fight in the Mexican revolution.pic.twitter.com/UOlPSiCQi2
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