Re: [ranchos] SALUDOS TO EVERYONE

Alberto,

There is a table in the book "Governance & Society in Colonial Mexico - Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century" that contains the number of baptisms occurring in El Sagrario Parish broken down by race. In 1780 there were 66 mulatos, and in 1790 there were 0. It's as if they disappeared during a decade. One thing we can be certain about, it was not socially and economically advantageous for our ancestors to identify themselves as mulatos. Maybe the priests realized that and gradually phased out using the term.

Joseph, if you're out there, many years ago I tried telling a "sister" I worked with how I thought I was black because of my frizzy hair, and it really annoyed her. A word of advice to everyone: Be careful about flaunting your newfound heritage around blacks - they could think you are ridiculing them.

Alice

Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...> wrote:

Note: I have a historical event book from Jerez, and there is an article where they were selling black and mulatto slaves on the open market (early 1700s). In fact, I believe one of my ancestors buying them. Question: What happened to all these slaves? When I went to Jerez, I didn't see a single black! I believe they were assimilated in to the population. Any comments? Alberto. --- alice wissing <alice_wissing@...> wrote: > Esperanza, > > I'm curious where you read about the blacks > outnumbering the Spaniards in Zacatecas. I've got > really weird hair and have been traced with > certainty to a few coyotes and a black, all from > Durango, which is next to Zacatecas. I've never met > another Mexican with hair as strange as mine - > coarse, dark, wavy, and it won't hold a curl. I can > even forecast the weather with this hair. Once I > told everyone it was going to rain and it was sunny > out. Nobody believed me and then it rained that > night. Sometimes I think God gave me this hair so > I'd always have something to do. > > Alice > > latina1955@... wrote: > Actually, for a while, blacks outnumbered Spaniards > in Zacatecas as well because they were being used in > the silver mines that dot the whole state. Did you > know that Michoacan had an enormous amount of > Africans there early on as well? > > Both my husband (from Michoacan) and myself would > bet that we have African blood running through our > veins - primarily because of the very nappy hair > that both sides of the relatives have. > > Esperanza > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > ranchos-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
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