"Mexico in His Head": Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860

Kelley, Sean M.

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“…Northern Mexican states also have a biohistoric link to African individuals, with many migrating from southern Mexico for employment in a variety of industries (Rodriguez and Gonzalez, ). Coahuila and Chihuahua served as a place of refuge and freedom for slaves escaping from the U.S. (Kelley, ; Tulloch, ). In these northern regions, the African presence is often overlooked, as there is lack of a cohesive Afro‐Mexican identity, perhaps due to the diverse histories of the Africans who ended up settling in this region (Tulloch, ).…”

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Cranial morphological variation among contemporary Mexicans: Regional trends, ancestral affinities, and genetic comparisons

Hughes

Tise

Trammell

et al. 2013

American J Phys Anthropol

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Genetic research has documented geographical variation within Mexico that corresponds to trends in ancestry admixture from postcolonial times on. The purpose of this study is to determine whether craniometric variation among contemporary Mexicans is comparable to that reported in genetic studies. Standard osteometric measurements were taken on 82 male crania derived from forensic cases, with geographic origins of the specimens spanning over two-thirds of Mexico's states. To study similarities in regional clustering patterns with genetic data, k-means clustering analyses were performed, followed by chi-square tests of association between cluster assignments and geographic region of origin. Normal mixtures analyses were performed, centered on three "ancestral" sample proxies to estimate classification probability to each ancestry. The results demonstrate that the cranial morphological sample data cluster similarly to the regional groupings inferred from the genetic data. Additionally, the results indicate a gradient trend in population structure for contemporary Mexicans, with the proportion of Amerindian ancestry increasing from North to South while, conversely, European ancestry proportion estimates increase from South to North. Furthermore, the probabilities for classification of African ancestry remained low across the regions, again reflecting the results for the genetic data. Cranial morphological variation is well aligned with the genetic data for describing broad trends among Mexican populations, as well as yielding comparable estimates of general ancestry affiliations that reflect Mexico's history of Spanish contact and colonialism.

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Cranial morphological variation among contemporary Mexicans: Regional trends, ancestral affinities, and genetic comparisons

Hughes

Tise

Trammell

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American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Como referencia casuística del Estado de Pará en el siglo XIX y antecedente metodológico y conceptual, véase HENRIQUE et al, 2017. La colaboración negro-indígena no es exclusiva de Brasil: en el siglo XIX, la frontera entre México y EEUU también fue terreno fértil para este fenómeno (KELLEY, 2004). 27 Situaciones similares de evasiones en el contexto de ventas de productos de los amos son reseñadas en casuísticas de la frontera de México con Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX (NICHOLS, 2013).…”

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De Mato Grosso a Chiquitos: migraciones furtivas en la frontera luso-española

Martínez

2020

Rev. Bras. Hist.

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RESUMEN En el siglo XVIII, a partir del descubrimiento de oro, cientos de portugueses acompañados de miles de esclavos africanos y afrodescendientes, se asentaron en Mato Grosso. Al otro lado del río Paraguay, en la gobernación de Chiquitos, esto se reflejó en una sigilosa pero incesante afluencia de fugitivos - negros esclavos o libres, de origen africano o criollo, mineros, peones de haciendas, soldados desertores, y también de portugueses y criollos blancos ‒, que encontraban en las tierras ubicadas al otro lado de la frontera una vía de escape a circunstancias variadas. El artículo analiza especialmente la fuga de los esclavos negros, a partir de la evidencia tardo-colonial registrada del lado español de la frontera. Enmarcado en el estudio de la frontera luso-española en la última etapa del período colonial, este trabajo se detiene en la migración furtiva desde los dominios de Portugal a los de España.

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The Captive's Quest for Freedom

Blackett

2018

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This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.

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"Mexico in His Head": Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860

Cited by 30 publications

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Cranial morphological variation among contemporary Mexicans: Regional trends, ancestral affinities, and genetic comparisons

Cranial morphological variation among contemporary Mexicans: Regional trends, ancestral affinities, and genetic comparisons

De Mato Grosso a Chiquitos: migraciones furtivas en la frontera luso-española

The Captive's Quest for Freedom

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