The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community in Mexico descended from US slaves
A Thom Hartmann caller this morning told how slave owners sent their ‘property’ to Texas safely outside the US and its laws.
But. The rest of the story: people were now close to the Mexican border. So they ran. One foot in Mexico got them freedom.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-19/the-survival-of-the-negros-mascogos-the-only-community-in-mexico-descended-from-us-slaves.html
The survival of the Negros Mascogos, the only community in Mexico descended from US slaves
El Nacimiento, a small town in Coahuila, is fighting to preserve the identity, memory and traditions of its ancestors, who came to the area from Texas fleeing slavery
NICHOLAS DALE LEAL
El Nacimiento (Coahuila, Mexico) - JUN 19, 2026 - 08:34 EDT
It could be any rural Mexican town. But it is unique. Two long streets and about eight cross streets. The houses are single-story and painted in pastel shades. The heat is heavy and the sun merciless in this area of northern Coahuila. The calm is almost absolute. Only the walls painted with murals hint at the particularity hidden in El Nacimiento, an arid stretch of land at the foot of the imposing Sierra de Santa Rosa de Lima and located 124 miles (less than 200 km) from the Texas border, precisely where the key chapter of the story told by the weathered walls was written. Two Black women dressed in red adorn one façade. And on another, a route is traced across maps: Africa, Florida, Mexico.
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