鈥擠id you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico? Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico.
鈥擳o date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery.
鈥擠escendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas鈥檚 emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento.
鈥擲lave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.
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Eartha Kitt, and a couple of kittens, photographed by Gordon Parks. c. 1952
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