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When I was in Zacatecas, our tour guide, who took us to my grandmother's hometown of Jerez, looked mulatto. But I wasn't about to tell him that he looked mulatto. BTW, Al, which ancestor bought slaves? Marge V.:)
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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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