African American Infograph

African American history

In Bexar County

The making of america through the back of slaves

lobo: a term used when referring to slaves with African and Native American blood.

San Antonio de Béxar was racially diverse in the 18th century

Early Béxar records showed numerous African-ancestry individuals, but few enslaved people. Béxar had 15 slaves in 1777, less than 1% of its 2,060 inhabitants. No cash crop or other economic activity in Béxar used forced labor.

1870

16% of San Antonio 's population was African American in 1870

In New Spain (MExico)from 1526-1750

African Abductions

15 slaves

64%

60K

Africans Abducted to New Spain (Mexico) from 1601-1625

In Bexar according to 1777 census

Abducted between 1601-1625

Total

149K slaves

Ocupations

Afro-American Males in 1870

Without finances, an education, or suitable job experience, freedmen and freed women found themselves at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale in the city.

67% of African Americans worked in unskilled jobs, compared to 24% of whites and 61% of Hispanics.

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