Africans in Colonial Mexico

History of Mexican African Americans during the colonial period is an overlooked aspect of the cultural complexity of the country. In 1519, Hernando Cortes brought six African slaves to Mexico; they were working as personal servants, carriers, and workers. In the coming years slavery will become an important part of the colonial economy, with approximately 2,000 slaves arriving in 1580 to 1650 each year and estimated that 200 thousand Africans came to Mexico during the colonial era I will. [2] Given the many slaves, their long import periods, and the inevitable racial mix occurring across the colonies,

In addition to the four main groups, there are also some African blacks in Mexican colonies. These black Africans were imported as workers and shared the low status of the Indians. They account for 4% to 5% of the population, and the descendants of their mixed race, called mixed races, eventually grow to about 9%. From an economic point of view, the management of New Spain is mainly due to the Empire and its military and defensive efforts. Mexico provides more than half of the imperial tax and supports all management in North America and Central America. Competition with the metropolitan area is not recommended; for example, grapes and olives introduced by Cortez are forbidden for fear of these crops competing with Spain.

Mexico, conquered from Hernando Cortes until 1821, was a Spanish colony. Cortez entered the Mexican Valley from Veracruz he built in the Gulf Plain in 1519 upstream of the land. Less than 200 soldiers and few horses were able to conquer Aztec initially with the help of the large Indian troops Cortes assembled with Aztec enemies. After the first brief success at Tenoktitran, the Spaniards were expelled from the city of Noshtreste but returned to 1521 to destroy the city and overwhelm Azteca. In the short term, the other parts of Mexico in central and south and the majority of Central America were conquered by Mexico City.