My Father insisted that since I was a student of
history that I learn something about black Indians.

His Grandfather was Creek-Seminole from the
Escambia County, Alabama near the Florida line.
He described him as very dark, with a single feather
worn in the front.

He said that he believed that 30% of all Black
Americans were mixed with Native American
blood but my search led me to find that it's more
like 40%.

The three Seminole Wars were fought
because the Florida natives would not
return the runaway slaves to the slave
masters. President Andrew Jackson had
given orders to his generals to assist in
returning fugitive slaves but they reported
that they could not tell the Seminoles from
fugitive slaves. Florida was one of the routes
of the underground rail road which led to the
Bahamas. One led to Mexico and the other
to Canada.

President Vicente Guerrero, one of the leaders in Mexico's war for independence from Spain, became the Vice President   of free Mexico. He staged a coup d'etat to become the second President of Mexico in 1827. While the new constitution prohibited slavery in 1824, he expedited the process and declared all slaves free in 1827. By 1829, there were no slaves in the new republic. Guerrero also prohibited any mention of race in public documents or records. He lifted heavy tax burdens from the poor. the elite staged a coup d'etat and had him executed in 1831. There is a province in the Pacific Coast region          ( Guerrero : includes Oaxaca and Costa Chica ) named in his honor and is the primary residence of Mexico's Afro-Mexican population. There is also a pace nearby called Morelo (Moorelo).

see the video clip on the FACEBOOK blog about Black Mexicans.

13th President Millard Fillmore, Whig , New York, was one of the five Presidents of the USA who did not have slaves while it was legal. He declared all land claimed from Mexican Wars closed to slavery. He oversaw the admission of California  as a free state.
He signed off on the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C.











14th President of the USA, Democrat, New Hampshire, at 47
President Franklin Pierce
was the youngest President. He chose Jefferson Davis as his Secretary of War.

 Visit our FACEBOOK blog to see our
piece on Black Mexicans. Most live on the
Pacific coastal region called Costa Chica
which includes Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Guerrero was the first Black President of
the newly independent Mexico. He was a
leader in the war against Spain and first Vice
President. in 1827 by force, and lost his Office
by force.