Mexico’s independence from Spain is partially a result of the work of Afro-Mexican revolutionary leader Vicente Ramon Guerrero Saldaña. He was born on August 9, 1783 in Tixtla–which is now Guerrero, named after him–to a father, Juan Pedro Guerrero, who was Afro-Mexican, and a mother, Guadalupe Saldaña, who was Indigenous. He spent his youth working … Continue reading Afro-Mexican Revolutionary Leader Vicente Ramon Guerrero Saldaña Abolished Slavery in Mexico