African Americans in Mexico

==History==

==History==

The [[Mascogos]] are descendants of African American slaves who escaped to Mexico.<ref> [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/their-ancestors-fled-us-slavery-for-mexico-now-theyre-looking-north-again/2019/03/15/6c64a14c-45cf-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html]</ref> African Americans also moved to the country during the Cold War years to escape racism and segregation.<ref>[https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/thinking-about-moving-to-mexico-to-escape-the-poli]</ref><ref>[https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/when-the-enslaved-fled-to-mexico/]</ref> 5,000 to 10,000 African American slaves escaped from bondage into Mexico through the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref> https://www.history.com/articles/underground-railroad-mexico-escaped-slaves</ref>

The [[Mascogos]] are descendants of African American slaves who escaped to Mexico.<ref> [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/their-ancestors-fled-us-slavery-for-mexico-now-theyre-looking-north-again/2019/03/15/6c64a14c-45cf-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html]</ref> African Americans also moved to the country during the Cold War years to escape racism and segregation.<ref>[https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/thinking-about-moving-to-mexico-to-escape-the-poli]</ref><ref>[https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/when-the-enslaved-fled-to-mexico/]</ref> 5,000 to 10,000 African American slaves escaped from bondage into Mexico through the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref> https://www.history.com/articles/underground-railroad-mexico-escaped-slaves</ref>

==Notable people==

{{further|:Category:Mexican people of African-American descent}}

==See also==

==See also==