Slavery Under Mexican Rule
Mexico inherited much of the Southwest upon independence from Spain in 1821. President Vincente Guerrero, who was of Spanish, African and Native American descent, abolished slavery within Mexico in 1829. This law was intended by its proponents as a counter-measure against the settlement of Anglos, who used slave labor in their Texas cotton plantations.
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