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pay his debts & after the {?} {?}, found an account against him of {?} 3 to 400 dollars. If he had the temerity to discuss [this] point the prison for debt [stared?] him in the face & he was then forced to go again into a servitude [?] better than [moving?] to a new master.

Now comes another [?] of [slavery?], & [?] that [?] [Mexicans?] [?] [?] like all [Mexicans?] are free but the different constitutions say they are.

Reverting to the times of the [?] Spaniards, & bringing them up to those of the [Republica?], it [?] be seen that the majority of [Mexicans?] [likes?] are really as much slaves as the Negros of Louisiana.

The conquerors of Mexico had large tracts of land allotted to them, or they took any quantity they required calling it an [?ienda], and all the Indians upon it became slaves. Hard