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3 labour particularly that of Mining reduced by premature death the greater number of captives or slaves.

 Negroes were now introduced, as these were purchased, they were legally the property of the buyer.
 After a time a new race sprang up - viz - the Mexican, being a mixture of Indian, Negro & Spaniard, & this race has ultimately become the Masters of a great Empire, aided by disloyalty of Spanish troops!
 Now then the more revolutionary of the Mexicans! having become possessors of the property of the old Spaniards, became also masters of the peons or laborers & their families & who are just in the same position as the free negro already described.  x
 There are several estates in Mexico have many thousands of these peon slaves upon them. Santana himself has estates worked by this class of people.