Primary Sources, Black History
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAmerican history preserved through the use of Primary sources, Black History, African American History~ The african experience; Shared by the legends themselves, their descendants, loved ones, genealogist and scholars. Presented by The Gist of Freedom
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September 16, 2022 16:49 - 6 minutes - 2.49 MBThis is a test hello broil ppjkk this is only a test
Black Abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd, Sculptor Donna Mayne and descendant Irene
May 21, 2022 18:45 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBMary Ann Shadd descendant Irene Moore Davis speaks with sculptor Donna Mayne! The Life of Black Abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd by Scholar Irene Moore Davis and sculptor Donna Mayne. A ceremony unveiling the statue of Mary Ann Shadd took place Thursday, May 12, 2022, at the University of Windsor in Canada. Join Scholar and Historian Irene Moore Davis at Black History University powered by The Gist of Freedom is Still Faith. Irene and Donna discuss the life, legacy, and inspiration of Mary Ann...
A Tribute To Fannie Lou Hamer : Mzuri Moho
November 03, 2020 23:14 - 17 minutes - 14.7 MBA Tribute To Fannie Lou Hamer : Mzuri Moho
DID YOU KNOW THAT... With Robert Green: Emory Conrad Malick
May 15, 2020 23:19 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBDid You Know... with Robert Green and Black Aviators Historian Guy E. Franklin Emory Conrad Malick In 2004, Pennsylvania native Mary Groce was going through a box of family papers with her cousin Aileen when she found a sheet of old letterhead for an “Emory C. Malick, Licensee: Pilot No. 105.” Included on the letterhead was a photograph of a handsome young man in a Curtiss pusher-type airplane. Groce handed the letterhead to her cousin, asking: “Have you ever seen this photo of our great-u...
Descendant Tamara Lanier Explains Suit Against Harvard And Slavery Images
June 27, 2019 18:30 - 40 minutes - 36.2 MBDescendant Tamara Lanier Explains Suit Against Harvard And Slavery Images The Gist of Freedom and Guest host Kimberly Simmons welcomes Tamara Lanier. Join us as Mrs. Lanier updates us on her suit against Harvard Lawsuit by gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of slavery survivor blasts Harvard for collecting licensing fees on the photos of her ancestors which were used in racist research. “These images were taken under duress, ordered by a Harvard professor bent on proving the inferiority of African-...
Langston Hughes, Jesse B. Semple by Lewis Cole, Now Theater
March 13, 2017 08:29 - 40 minutes - 36.5 MBLangston Hughes, Jesse B. Semple by Lewis Cole, Now Theater
Slavery Survivors' Descendants Own Nat Turner Plantation!
March 10, 2017 15:07 - 58 minutes - 52.7 MBSlavery Survivors' Descendants Own Nat Turner Plantation! Turner Family offer Nat Turner's Cave, to be part of driving tour | http://bit.ly/NatTurnerTour The Turner descendants gained a piece of history when they inherited his two farms. Nat Turner was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of enslaved and free black men in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831, that resulted in the deaths of 55 to 65 white people. He used a cave for his refuge . It was in that cave th...
In Honor of Nat Turner, Lt. Wilson & Bible Talk, Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
January 19, 2017 22:08 - 54 minutes - 49.2 MBLt. Wilson, Bible Talk, Soldier In The Army Of Lord
Origins Of Watch Night Service - Tied To Emancipation Proclamation!
December 31, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBOrigins of Watch Night Service! Black Methodists and Baptists celebrate Watch Night, December 31, 1862 the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect at midnight. The celebration continues in African American churches today, striking a more joyous note than prior repentance Watch Nights. --------------- The first Watch Night was Dec. 31, 1862, as abolitionists and others waited for word — via telegraph, newspaper or word of mouth — that the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued....
Black Farmers, Timothy Pigford Class Action Lawsuit
December 17, 2016 01:07 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBGreetings friends, Tonight on ..."Make Some Noise," with Empress Mariam" and The Gist of Freedom... is Mr. Timothy Pigford. He is a black farmer who won a class action lawsuit against the federal government. Problem is... trying to get settlement monies before Obama leaves office. JOIN IN .... Tonight @ 8 pm... Call 305 848-8888, code: 906-701-9860..Speak up... or mute & listen http://www.tandlradio.com, COMMUNITY RADIO iTunes~www.blackhistoryuniversity.com | BlackHistoryBlog.com www.blogt...
Former CIA Operative Calls for Special Election, due to Russian Interference-
December 10, 2016 20:08 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBFormer CIA Operative Robert Baer says if the CIA can prove that Russia interfered with the 2016 election then the US should vote again... http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/12/10/robert-baer-new-election-russia-hacking-nr.cnn/video/playlists/donald-trump-and-russia/ Election Fraud Speech led to brutal beaten on the Floor of Congress.... and subsequently, John Brown's RAIDS and ultimately The Civil War In the first two Kansas territorial elections, one in November 1854 and the second in...
4 Million+ Petition Electors To Dump Trump Meet The organizer Brezenoff
November 26, 2016 20:00 - 1 hour - 81.1 MB4 Million+ Petition Electors To Dump Trump Meet The organizer Brezenoff Petitions, Black Abolitionists & The Gag Rule Thousands of Anti-Slavery Petitions led to the "Gag Rule" “Am I gagged or am I not?” In May of 1836 the House passed a resolution that automatically "tabled," or postponed action on all petitions relating to slavery. In 1837—38, for example, abolitionists sent more than 130,000 petitions to Congress asking for the abolition of slavery in Washington, DC. In addition they o...
Cecilio Binn, T & L host and- History of Blacks Combating Fascism
August 13, 2016 19:00 - 37 minutes - 33.1 MBCecilio Binn, T & L host and- History of Blacks Combating Fascism; Paul Robeson As William L. Katz explains in The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History, “Most Lincolns were activists and idealists who had worked with and demonstrated for the homeless and unemployed during the Great Depression. They were poets and blue-collar workers, professors and students, seamen and journalists, lawyers and painters, Christians and Jews, blacks and whites. The Brigade was the first fully integrated United ...
Prison & Street Life Survivor;Reformist & Christian Activist, Scott Young!
August 08, 2016 00:00 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MBJoin The Gist of Freedom, Scott Young Prison Survivor, shares his personal story of redemption and activism. Photo of Scott with a little admirer. The little boy greeted him with a leap on his lap. He immediately noticed The Cross Scott was wearing, amazedhe asked Scott "do you go to church?"
T and L Radio History in Review, Celebrating Our Victories Not our Miseries-
August 06, 2016 19:04 - 47 minutes - 43 MBT and L Radio History in Review, Celebrating Our Victories Not our Miseries-
Black Lives Matter Economic Protest Go Global!
July 16, 2016 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBIn speeches Mrs. Walker, the founder of St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. had reasoned, "Let us put our money together; let us use our money; Let us put our money out at usury among ourselves, and reap the benefit ourselves." In 1903 she founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. Mrs. Walker served as the bank's first president, which earned her the recognition of being the first African American woman to charter a bank in the United States. Later she agreed to serve as chairman of the board of d...
East New York, Radio Live ~4th of July Black History weekend
July 02, 2016 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBEast New York Radio Live, 4th of July Weekend! Sojourner Truth and all other New York enslaved Blacks were emancipated on The 4th of July, 1827. In 1799 the New York Legislature passed "An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery" with only token opposition. It provided for gradual manumission. The law freed all children born to slave women after July 4, 1799, but not at once. The males became free at 28, the females at 25. Till then, they would be the property of the mother's slaver. Slave...
Officer Throws Female High School Student Across Classroom
October 28, 2015 00:00 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MBOfficer Throws Female High School Student Across Classroom A video of a "school resource officer" at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina throwing a female student out of her desk to the ground and across a classroom Roy Paul is a highly sought after commentator specializing in the areas of education, social and economic justice, and the advancement of African Americans in modern pop culture and politics. Paul made history when he became the youngest African-American to ev...
Explorer, York Gist , Lewis and Clark Expedition with Marlene Rivero
October 16, 2015 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBMarlene Rivero portrays York's mother, whose son was the African-American Guide on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The painting is a self portrait as York's Mother Rose.Marlene Rivero developed her character in response to a Need to tell York's Story in 2003. The National Park Service first saw the program in Cairo, Illionois, and it has been seen by thosands of people between 2003-2006. It received honorable mention at the St louis, Mo. Marlene draws from the notes, songs, Costumes & spo...
Smart Hip Hop, CEO/Artist Larry Lak
August 28, 2015 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.1 MBSmart Hip Hop, CEO/Artist Larry Lak
HUD Grant Writing and Capacity Building Training with Melani Douglass
August 02, 2015 23:13 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MBMelani N. Douglass is the Community Engagement Manager for Everyman Theatre - host of the Capacity Building Workshop presented by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. She was introduced to Everyman Theatre during her tenure as an Urban Arts Leadership Fellow while obtaining her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute and College of Art. Douglass is also the founder of the Family Arts Museum - a nomadic, non-collecting institution that focuses on family as fine ar...
Twelve Years A Slave, Solomon Northup descendant, Irene Zahos..Call To Action!
June 18, 2015 23:30 - 48 minutes - 43.2 MBTwelve Years A Slave, Solomon Northup descendant, Irene Zahos..Call To Action! Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Irene Zahos! Mrs. Zahos is promoting a CALL TO ACTION on behalf of Solomon Northup, her great, great grandfather. The Solomon Northup Legacy is initiating a campaign to have Solomon recognized for his activism role to end slavery. His book, Twelve Years a Slave, was a catalyst that prompted people in the mid 1800's to look at slavery under the most extreme conditions of huma...
Militant Abolitionist/Vigilance Member, William Lambert, Arrested slaveowner
June 01, 2015 00:00 - 3 minutes - 2.36 MBJoin The Gist of Freedom, www.blackhistoryblog.com, as we welcome William Lambert's descendant Christina Streety-Napier! Lambert was a friend of radical abolitionist John Brown and, like the more militant abolitionist leader Henry Highland Garnet, Lambert called for the slaves to rise up against their masters. At times Lambert very publicly helped fugitive slaves escape to Windsor, Canada, which was just across the Detroit River from the city of Detroit. Lambert’s most famous incident occurr...
Sermon - The Battle Is Not Yours~ Rev. Hilton Mount Olive Baptist Hackensack NJ
April 17, 2015 06:19 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBSermon - The Battle Is Not Yours~ Rev. Hilton Mount Olive Baptist Hackensack NJ
Listen to socio-political analyst Cleo Manago discuss 2 cops shot in Ferguson
March 13, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBListen to socio-political analyst Cleo Manago discuss, Two officers shot in Ferguson... Don't Shoot Them Down, Shut Them Down! Two cops were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday. The shots were fired just as a small crowd of protesters began to break up after holding a demonstration in the wake of the resignation of the Ferguson police chief, who stepped down Wednesday. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said one officer was shot in the face, just below his ...
Brain Awareness Day! Bronx NY; [email protected]
March 09, 2015 00:04 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MBBrain Awareness Day! SYNAPTIK FOUNDATION. Come out to The Learning Tree at 801 Bartholdi Street in the Bronx this Saturday from 1-5pm for Pi and Brain Awareness Day. [email protected] Listen and learn more about Brain Awareness Day on The Gist of Freedom Www.blogTalkRadio.com/blackhistory Saturday March 14th SYNAPTIK FOUNDATION. Come out to The Learning Tree at 801 Bartholdi Street in the Bronx this Saturday from 1-5pm for Pi and Brain Awareness Day. The most complex object i...
Historic Black Town, Boley OK, Fended OFF “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s Bank Robbers
February 23, 2015 01:00 - 17 minutes - 15.5 MBListen to The Gist of Freedom tonight as we talk with Jennifer Nelson a descendant of the historical black town, Boley OK. One of the first nationally chartered black-owned banks, Farmers and Merchants Bank in Boley, Oklahoma, an all-black town successfully fended off “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s Bank Robber's Gang! ON NOVEMBER 23, 1932, three members of Charles A. “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s gang made the worst mistake of their lives. They tried to rob the state’s first nationally chartered black-owned ...
100 Black Men In Law Enforcement
December 22, 2014 01:26 - 53 minutes - 48.1 MB100 Black Men In Law Enforcement 100 Black Men In Law Enforcement discuss the Brooklyn Nwe York police officers killed. Suspected shooter reportedly kills himself after shooting two officers inside their patrol car. 100 BLACKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO CARE 591 Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 133, Brooklyn, NY 11238 (718) 455-9059 EMAIL: [email protected] Photo: 1929 Harlem Police officers listen ~ 1892, NYPD's First Black Patrolman, Moses P. Cobb with Senator Eric Adams, Co-Founder 100 Black...
Black Historical Unsung heroes
December 07, 2014 02:00 - 40 minutes - 36.3 MBBlack Historical Unsung heroes
Get Out The Vote ~ With Activist Stella Antley
November 04, 2014 22:30 - 37 minutes - 33.1 MBGet Out The Vote with Activist Stella Antley! This show is dedicated to the memory of Octavius Catto ~In 1871, during the the first election in which blacks could vote, Octavius Catto was murdered by a Democratic party operative while canvassing for Republican candidates. On his way back from the polls, Catto, who had spearheaded a get-out-the-vote drive for black voters, was shot in the back by a political opponent. Catto’s funeral was the city’s largest to date. His assassination ra...
The Ebola or Ebo-Lie Outbreak, w/ Sierra Leonean Hindowa Saidu!
October 18, 2014 00:00 - 41 minutes - 37.1 MBThe Ebola outbreak, please Join The Gist of Freedom, The Black History Internet Radio show in welcoming Sierra Leonean Hindowa Saidu! "On Thursday the World Health Organization said that more than 1,900 people have died in West Africa Ebola out break. There have been 3,500 confirmed probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. More than 40 percent of death have occurred in the last three weeks, the W.H.O. said, suggesting that the epidemic is fast out pacing effort to control it, In ...
Playwright Rickerby Hinds and NAACP Terry T. Major - Standing Up For Justice!
October 13, 2014 20:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBPlaywright Rickerby Hinds and NAACP Criminal Justice Chair Terry Taalib Major - Standing Up For Justice! Wednesday October 15, 6-9pm PCT Special performance of DREAMSCAPE Cesar Chavez Community Center Auditorium 2o60 University Ave. Riverside, CA Dreamscape depicts the true story of the death and inner life of a young woman, "Myeisha Mills," who dreams through the impact of the twelve bullets that killed her. Through beat-boxing, spoken word and dance, the performance is structured aroun...
Filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris, Through a Lens Darkly..The Emergence of a People
September 29, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBJoin The Gist of Freedom tonight as we welcome filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris. Inspired by Deborah Willis’ book, Reflections in Black, THROUGH A LENS DARKLY (Willis is also a co-producer) casts a broad net that begins with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris’s family album. It considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist ima...
Live| Jazz @ Lincoln Center - Ron Westray
September 28, 2014 03:53 - 30 minutes - 27.3 MBRon Westray -Live at Jazz at The Lincoln Center! Ron talks about his latest CD Jimi Jazz, a tribute to Jimi Hendrix http://www.bluecanoerecords.com/jimi-jazz.html One of the most highly regarded trombonist of his generation, Ron Westray continues to expand upon the legacy set before him with his CD releases, "Jimi Jazz", "Live From Austin" and "Medical Cures For The Chromatic Commands Of The Inner City". Professor Ron Westray’s professional contributions encompass a stunning list of achie...
Jennie Dean 1852- 1913 ~Founded Manassas Technical School w/ Dr. P.J. Merrill!
September 16, 2014 22:00 - 31 minutes - 6.88 MBJennie Dean (1852-1913) Undaunted Faith~ Manassas Industrial School & Jennie Dean Memorial The most significant person in the founding of the school was Jane Serepta Dean. Dean was born into slavery in western Prince William County, Virginia around 1852. . Dean was a deeply religious woman Manassas Industrial School & Jennie Dean Memorial Tonight learn more about the school as Dr. Phillip Merrill lectures on the Manassas School! ------------------ Tonight learn more about the school as...
Black Wall Street, The Play with The Director, Exec. Poducer & Cast!
September 12, 2014 01:07 - 33 minutes - 29.7 MBTonight join The Gist of Freedom with host Roy Paul as we talk with the executive producer Walter Puryear, the director Michael Green and cast members of the dynamic play Black Wall Street! Please Mark your calendar.. Black Wall Street is running at The Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 GrandCouse Bronx, NY starting Thursday September 18th thru Sunday October 5,204. This show is dedicated to the memory of one of the most prominent Tulsan killed in the Tulsa Massacre, Dr. A.C. Jackson, a 40-year-o...
Jamel Robinson, founder of the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative
September 08, 2014 00:00 - 24 minutes - 21.2 MBTonight on The Gist of Freedom www.BlackHistoryUniversity.com, we'll talk with Jamel Robinson, founder of the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative! ------ 1837-1915 Amanda Berry Smith devoted her life to the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Her most noted achievement is the opening of the first orphanage for black children in Illinois. In 1899, the orphanage opened its doors to homeless African American girls. The 12-room brick house that served as the o...
The State of Black Studies, with Historian Yul Anderson
August 18, 2014 01:00 - 28 minutes - 6.2 MBTonight on The Gist of Freedom Join Historian Yul Anderson. He will explain the State of Black Studies and his statement below. "Black Studies program throughout American have been taken over by others from the Diaspora community such that African American studies becomes Diaspora study programs. Leadership of Black/Afro-American studies programs have morphed and lost interest in the origination of such programs and have now been commingled with Latin American Study, Caribbean studies, Haiti...
The 145th Still "Underground Railroad" Family Reunion
August 10, 2014 20:51 - 37 minutes - 8.29 MBJoin The Gist of freedom and host Roy Paul at The Still Family's 145th Reunion! The Underground Railroad First Family ~The Still Family William Still, Dr. James Still and Peter Gist-Still The Gist of Freedom is Still Faith chronicles the faithful ties that bound three incredible families of activists; all from an array of generations and races. The Still Brothers of The Historical Underground Railroad Family; Peter Gist-Still, Self-emancipated and authors Dr. James Still (The Recollection...
James Brown Music: Watch James Brown's daughter Dr. Yamma Brown
August 05, 2014 02:30 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBEURweb’s Lee Bailey caught up with Dr. Yamma Brown James Brown's daughter on the red carpet at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. She talks about the film, “Get On Up” the new James Brown bio-pic the family’s reaction to it, her father’s legacy. ------. Portside Article: James Brown belongs to us, the black masses, and for us to be excluded from the creative team that made this movie is an obscenity. I'm aware that Spike Lee was involved briefly. James Brown was a civil rights icon. P...
Educational Hip Hop - Rapper LAK
August 04, 2014 00:00 - 50 minutes - 11.2 MBJoin The Gist of Freedom as we talk with Lak, Hip Hop at it's best! Larry “LAK” Henderson is the founder of Smart Music Entertainment, and the creator of a new sound of hip-hop music that is used as a tool to educate and awaken the consciousness of youth and people in our communities. His album, Lesson One: Hip-Hop & Education, has hit Amazon bestseller lists (#1 in Hot New Releases and #8 in Educational Music), and has received airplay on major radio stations around the world, due to his co...
Christians & Pan-africanism~The Bible Dr. Davis, Pianki-Book Breaking the Chains
August 02, 2014 17:00 - 1 hour - 26.4 MBJoin The Gist of Freedom as we listen to Chapter 6, Music for Jesus Lyrics of Freedom and a lively discussion with Pan-Africanist Dr. Sidney and Pianki. Evangelical preaching had caused some whites to question the justness of slavery, but still more were all the more careful to censor what messages from the Bible slaves could hear. Born in 1800, Nat Turner was identified as a bright youth who developed a zeal for Scripture, though this did not prevent his masters from employing him merely as ...
Bordentown School Restoration Underway w/ Electrical Contractor John WHite
July 28, 2014 00:32 - 23 minutes - 5.23 MBBordentown School -volunteers needed - restoration underway with volunteer electrical contractor John White! A museum on the once thriving black school's cam[us kknown as The Tuskegee of The North is John's Mission. The Bordentown school, was originally established in 1886 by Rev. W. A. Rice, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, as a private institution under the name of New Brunswick Technical School. It was later called "The Ironsides Normal School." in honor of Commodor...
The Movie, Lean On Me w/ Alum & Author Dr. Pinky Miller, Life After Lean On Me
July 20, 2014 17:00 - 44 minutes - 9.92 MBHave you ever watched the blockbuster hit movie, Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman? Have you ever wondered what happened to the REAL students from the Lean on Me movie? Well, Dr. Pinky Miller is a graduate along with the producer of The Gist of Freedom, Lesley Gist. Dr. Pinky is telling OUR story about the experiences at Eastside High School (1982-1986) and the impact that leadership had on students, teacher, and administrators—good, bad, and indifferent! Join The Gist of Freedom host,...
Freedom Summer 64' w/ Harvey Boyd formerly of The Washington Post!
June 30, 2014 00:30 - 33 minutes - 7.38 MBListen in now, Freedom Summer Survivor, Harvey Boyd, formerly of The Washington Post! Image: Reporters for the New York Amsterdam News at work in the newsroom, 1936. Photo by Lucien Aigner. Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life and opportunities as an African American man during the time of segregation. He begins by describing his childhood home--which is still his current residence--in Crestdale, North Carolina, located southeast of Charlotte in Matthews. During the interview, Har...
Chet Whye, Charlie Rangel's Campaign Consultant, Talks about The Victory w/ Roy
June 29, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBChet Whye, Charles Rangel's Campaign Consultant, Talks about The Victory w/ Roy Paul "Rangel defeated his main challenger Adriano Espaillat by fewer than 2,000 votes in Tuesday's Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District. Campaign consultant Chet Whyte says voters did not abandon the congressman who has represented Harlem for more than 40 years." The Associated Press.. Campaign Diretor: Harlem4Obama, Exec Dir:The HARLEM4 Center for CHANGE, "Chet Whye, the leader of Harlem fo...
Juneteenth Mexico's Black President Ended Slavery Fought Texas & Aided Enslaved
June 16, 2014 22:30 - 30 minutes - 6.82 MBVicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first black president Texas President Sam Houston lamented that " two valuable negro boys for which I had paid in cash $2100 previous to my visit to Nashville, ran away last spring to Mexico. Thus you can see I am in bad luck." Just two and a half months after Mexico abolished slavery, officials were uneasy about the numbers of new Americans settling within Mexico and they attempted to curb the number of newcomers. In 1830, Mexico decreed that foreigners could no...
Juneteenth Mexico's Black President Ended Slavery Fought Texas & Aided Enslaved
June 16, 2014 22:30 - 30 minutes - 6.82 MBVicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first black president Texas President Sam Houston lamented that " two valuable negro boys for which I had paid in cash $2100 previous to my visit to Nashville, ran away last spring to Mexico. Thus you can see I am in bad luck." Just two and a half months after Mexico abolished slavery, officials were uneasy about the numbers of new Americans settling within Mexico and they attempted to curb the number of newcomers. In 1830, Mexico decreed that foreigners could no...