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Just to throw a bit of odd information into the pot, something we were NEVER taught in school.
A census of soldiers serving at the Presidio of San Diego in the late 1700s shows the following - There were twenty-five mulatos and colores quebrados, that is, people with some degree of African ancestry who made up about a quarter of the adults."
And that does not include ALL of the Spanish soldiers serving in the various presidio and missions in Alta (Upper) and Baja (Lower) California.
What this means is that more than a few of the early soldiers and civilians in California were NOT the pure Spanish historians and teachers try to tell us. And, apparently there was NO racial prejudice as they all served, fought, died and retired just feeling they were one race.
{as an aside, I almost "completed" all three of my three-part story of the founding of California and continued to review information about the period. Oops! Missed a few things here and there. Learned some truly interesting stuff I was never taught in school. So, along with some comments from a great beta reader, it's back to the drawing board BIG TIME!}
A census of soldiers serving at the Presidio of San Diego in the late 1700s shows the following - There were twenty-five mulatos and colores quebrados, that is, people with some degree of African ancestry who made up about a quarter of the adults."
And that does not include ALL of the Spanish soldiers serving in the various presidio and missions in Alta (Upper) and Baja (Lower) California.
What this means is that more than a few of the early soldiers and civilians in California were NOT the pure Spanish historians and teachers try to tell us. And, apparently there was NO racial prejudice as they all served, fought, died and retired just feeling they were one race.
{as an aside, I almost "completed" all three of my three-part story of the founding of California and continued to review information about the period. Oops! Missed a few things here and there. Learned some truly interesting stuff I was never taught in school. So, along with some comments from a great beta reader, it's back to the drawing board BIG TIME!}